User Submitted Posts < 20160215 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

2016-02-10 00:00

Anonymous

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 20160215

Affected PluginUser Submitted Posts – Enable Users to Submit Posts from the Front End

Affected Version< 20160215

CVSS7.2High

CVECVE-2016-11001

View all User Submitted Posts – Enable Users to Submit Posts from the Front End vulnerabilities

Vulnerability Overview

The user-submitted-posts plugin before 20160215 for WordPress has XSS via the user-submitted-content field.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 20160215, 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-2016-11001 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/da848ced-acc4-48bc-8fbe-e90cdd53b3e8

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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