iThemes Security <= 6.9.0 - Cross-Site Scripting

2018-03-05 00:00

Anonymous

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 6.9.1

Affected PluginKadence Security – Password, Two Factor Authentication, and Brute Force Protection

Affected Version<= 6.9.0

CVSS7.5High

CVECVE-2018-7433

View all Kadence Security – Password, Two Factor Authentication, and Brute Force Protection vulnerabilities

Vulnerability Overview

The iThemes Security plugin before 6.9.1 for WordPress does not properly perform data escaping for the logs page.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 6.9.1, 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-2018-7433 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9b1dc818-75c6-45b7-9f0f-88275cc6e946

CVSS Vector

7.5

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityNone

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