Newsletters <= 4.6.18 - Cross-Site Scripting via contentarea Parameter

2019-07-01 00:00

Anonymous

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 4.6.19

Affected PluginNewsletters

Affected Version< 4.6.19

CVSS5.4Medium

CVECVE-2019-14787

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Vulnerability Overview

The Tribulant Newsletters plugin before 4.6.19 for WordPress allows XSS via the wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=newsletters_load_new_editor contentarea parameter.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 4.6.19, 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-2019-14787 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/bb4abe41-fb18-46f4-9fd8-90bb1996b241

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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