Books & Papers <= 0.20210223 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

2022-04-13 00:00

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Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 0.20220219

Affected PluginBooks & Papers

Affected Version<= 0.20210223

CVSS5.5Medium

CVECVE-2022-1156

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Vulnerability Overview

The Books & Papers WordPress plugin through 0.20210223 does not escape its Custom DB prefix settings, allowing high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 0.20220219, 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-2022-1156 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4e51eb56-e2f7-433c-8db7-bcf7539aee29

CVSS Vector

5.5

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

Base

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

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