ark-commenteditor <= 2.15.6 - iframe Injection

2021-09-23 00:00

Rasi Afeef

Strategic Overview

Status

Unpatched

Affected Pluginark-commenteditor

Affected Version<= 2.15.6

CVSS7.2High

CVECVE-2021-4227

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Vulnerability Overview

The ark-commenteditor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to iFrame Injection in versions up to, and including 2.15.6 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject iFrame elements in comments that will load pages from any source.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement. --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-1021 (Improper Restriction of Rendered UI Layers or Frames) The web application does not restrict or incorrectly restricts frame objects or UI layers that belong to another application or domain.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-4227 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8a1179bc-6f8d-4223-a80b-9834adc08d3b

CVSS Vector

7.2

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeChanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

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