Content Audit <= 1.9.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Cross-Site Scripting

2017-09-26 00:00

Mallory Adams

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 1.9.2

Affected PluginContent Audit

Affected Version<= 1.9.1

CVSS6.1Medium

CVECVE-2017-18560

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Vulnerability Overview

The Content Audit plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery via the content_audit_save_bulk_edit AJAX action which allows for stored XSS payloads in versions up to, and including, 1.9.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts that execute in a victim's browser.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 1.9.2, 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-2017-18560 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c801dfe6-a39f-4212-9cd7-71ef921c43ef

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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