Lava Directory Manager <= 1.1.34 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via New Listing

2023-10-16 00:00

Emili Castells

Strategic Overview

Status

Unpatched

Affected PluginLava Directory Manager

Affected Version<= 1.1.34

CVSS7.2High

CVECVE-2023-46081

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Vulnerability Overview

The Lava Directory Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via several fields when creating a new directory listing in versions up to, and including, 1.1.34 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement. --- 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-2023-46081 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3bf669ed-ea31-4144-96b3-b1f29057b86d

CVSS Vector

7.2

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

Base

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

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