Multi Step Form <= 1.2.5 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 1.2.6
- Affected Plugin
- Multi Step Form
- Affected Version
< 1.2.6- CVSS
- 6.1Medium
- Weakness type
- CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
- CVE
CVE-2018-14430
At a glance
CVE-2018-14430 is a medium-severity Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in the Multi Step Form WordPress plugin, affecting versions < 1.2.6. It carries a CVSS score of 6.1 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 1.2.6; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed July 2018, reported by Javier Olmedo.
Vulnerability Overview
The Mondula Multi Step Form plugin through 1.2.5 for WordPress allows XSS via the fw_data [id][1], fw_data [id][2], fw_data [id][3], fw_data [id][4], or email field of the contact form, exploitable with an fw_send_email action to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php.
Technical Analysis
The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no privileges on the target site.
CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Reaching this weakness in Multi Step Form < 1.2.6 takes a caller who can reach the endpoint. Cross-site scripting happens when input from a request is written into a page without being escaped for the context it lands in, so the browser parses attacker-supplied text as markup or script.
Injected script runs with the privileges of whoever views the affected page, which is how these flaws turn into administrator session theft, silent account creation or persistent backdoors in page content. For Multi Step Form the fix is 1.2.6: builds < 1.2.6 are affected, anything from 1.2.6 onward is not.
Remediation
Update to version 1.2.6, or a newer patched version
How does WordSec protect against this?
The attempt arrives as an ordinary request to Multi Step Form: WordSec's web application firewall inspects request payloads before WordPress loads them. None of that substitutes for the fix: Multi Step Form 1.2.6 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.
- Firewall
- Alerts
External References
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