CMS Tree Page View < 0.8.9 - Cross-Site Scripting

2012-03-26 00:00

High-Tech Bridge Security Research Lab

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 0.8.9

Affected PluginCMS Tree Page View – Reorder Pages with a Drag-and-Drop Tree

Affected Version< 0.8.9

CVSS6.1Medium

CVECVE-2012-1834

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Vulnerability Overview

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the cms_tpv_admin_head function in functions.php in the CMS Tree Page View plugin before 0.8.9 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the cms_tpv_view parameter to wp-admin/options-general.php.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 0.8.9, 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-2012-1834 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9f4052ab-ff9e-48a6-8406-72e9b6237668

CVSS Vector

6.1

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

Base

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

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