Chained Quiz <= 1.1.9 -Stored Cross-Site Scripting

2020-02-21 00:00
khoabda

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 1.1.9.1
Affected PluginChained Quiz
Affected Version<= 1.1.9
CVSS6.4Medium
CVEN/A
View all Chained Quiz vulnerabilities

Vulnerability Overview

The Chained Quiz for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘chained_admin_subject', 'chained_user_subject', 'chained_sender_name', 'chained_sender_email' and 'go_ahead_value' values in versions up to, and including, 1.1.9.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authentication-level attackers Admin level access is required to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 1.1.9.1, 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

Vulnerability data © Defiant, Inc., provided under the Wordfence Intelligence T&C