Easy Custom Auto Excerpt < 2.4.7 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting

2018-11-13 00:00

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Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 2.4.7

Affected PluginEasy Custom Auto Excerpt

Affected Version< 2.4.7

CVSS5.4Medium

CVECVE-2018-5311

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Vulnerability Overview

The Easy Custom Auto Excerpt plugin 2.4.6 for WordPress has XSS via the tonjoo_ecae_options[custom_css] parameter to the wp-admin/admin.php?page=tonjoo_excerpt URI.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 2.4.7, 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-2018-5311 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/32ca6e56-add9-4024-831f-5dfa5130a7d8

CVSS Vector

5.4

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

Base

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

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