The Buffer Button <= 1.0 - Cross-Site Scripting

2022-01-18 00:00

Rutuja D Shirke

Strategic Overview

Status

Unpatched

Affected PluginThe Buffer Button

Affected Version<= 1.0

CVSS5.4Medium

CVECVE-2021-25058

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Vulnerability Overview

The Buffer Button WordPress plugin through 1.0 was vulnerable to Authenticated Stored Cross Site Scripting (XSS) within the Twitter username to mention text field.

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-2021-25058 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2d5a9a2d-63d3-411c-af22-2829fd79c72b

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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