WordPress Country Selector <= 1.6.5 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via AJAX call of check_country_selector

2022-03-30 00:00

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Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 1.6.6

Affected PluginWordPress Country Selector

Affected Version<= 1.6.5

CVSS6.1Medium

CVECVE-2022-28290

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Vulnerability Overview

The Country Selector Plugin is vulnerable Cross-Site Scripting. The payload executes whenever the user tries to access the country selector page with the specified payload as a part of the HTTP request. Versions up to 1.6.5 are affected.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 1.6.6, 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-2022-28290 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ef80a076-98cb-42c1-8d7d-0a6b38d7bfc8

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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