Marekkis Watermark-Plugin <= 0.9.4 - Cross-Site Scripting

2013-02-18 00:00

Aditya Balapure

Strategic Overview

Status

Unpatched

Affected PluginMarekkis Watermark-Plugin

Affected Version<= 0.9.4

CVSS6.1Medium

CVECVE-2013-1758

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Vulnerability Overview

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Marekkis Watermark plugin 0.9.4 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the pfad parameter to wp-admin/options-general.php. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

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-2013-1758 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e65cf73b-349b-4982-b6ec-a2c94d327d0a

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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