KB Support – WordPress Help Desk <= 1.5.5 - Multiple Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting

2022-04-15 13:36

Ngo Van Thien

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 1.5.6

Affected PluginKB Support – Customer Support Ticket & Helpdesk Plugin, Knowledge Base Plugin

Affected Version<= 1.5.5

CVSS4.7Medium

CVECVE-2022-27852

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Vulnerability Overview

The plugin KB Support – WordPress Help Desk versions up to 1.5.5 are vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting. The vulnerabilities allow unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 1.5.6, 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-2022-27852 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3aeb5e01-0993-4628-8165-b27470332e34

CVSS Vector

4.7

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

Base

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

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