Awesome Support – WordPress HelpDesk & Support Plugin <= 6.0.13 - Cross-Site Scripting via post_title

2020-01-06 00:00

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Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 6.0.14

Affected PluginAwesome Support – WordPress HelpDesk & Support Plugin

Affected Version<= 6.0.13

CVSS4.8Medium

CVECVE-2019-20181

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Vulnerability Overview

The awesome-support plugin 6.0.13 and below for WordPress allows XSS via the post_title parameter.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 6.0.14, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')) The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-20181 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e52f799e-9174-45a2-9ed6-7aedb26b36bd

CVSS Vector

4.8

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredHigh
User InteractionRequired
ScopeChanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

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