CVE-2018-1002007

Arigato Autoresponder and Newsletter <= 2.5.1.8 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

2018-09-18 00:00
Larry W. Cashdollar

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 2.5.1.9
Affected Plugin
Arigato Autoresponder and Newsletter
Affected Version
<= 2.5.1.8
CVSS
6.1Medium
Weakness type
CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE
CVE-2018-1002007
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At a glance

CVE-2018-1002007 is a medium-severity Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in the Arigato Autoresponder and Newsletter WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 2.5.1.8. It carries a CVSS score of 6.1 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 2.5.1.9; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed September 2018, reported by Larry W. Cashdollar.

Vulnerability Overview

There is a reflected XSS vulnerability in WordPress Arigato Autoresponder and News letter v2.5.1.8 This vulnerability requires administrative privileges to exploit. There is an XSS vulnerability in integration-contact-form.html.php:15: via POST request variable html_id.

Technical Analysis

The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no privileges on the target site.

CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Reaching this weakness in Arigato Autoresponder and Newsletter <= 2.5.1.8 takes a caller who can reach the endpoint. Cross-site scripting happens when input from a request is written into a page without being escaped for the context it lands in, so the browser parses attacker-supplied text as markup or script.

Injected script runs with the privileges of whoever views the affected page, which is how these flaws turn into administrator session theft, silent account creation or persistent backdoors in page content. For Arigato Autoresponder and Newsletter the fix is 2.5.1.9: builds <= 2.5.1.8 are affected, anything from 2.5.1.9 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 2.5.1.9, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

The attempt arrives as an ordinary request to Arigato Autoresponder and Newsletter: WordSec's web application firewall inspects request payloads before WordPress loads them. None of that substitutes for the fix: Arigato Autoresponder and Newsletter 2.5.1.9 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

  • Firewall
  • Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-1002007https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/27bf9abc-b715-442e-9353-ec2154f658c1https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1002007

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