WP Editor.md – The Perfect WordPress Markdown Editor < 10.0.4 - Cross-Site Scripting

2018-10-31 00:00

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Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 10.0.4

Affected PluginWP Editor.md – The Perfect WordPress Markdown Editor

Affected Version< 10.0.4

CVSS4.8Medium

CVECVE-2018-18919

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Vulnerability Overview

The WP Editor.md plugin before 10.0.4 for WordPress allows XSS via the comment area.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 10.0.4, 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-2018-18919 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/bdc46d3e-dfb7-4586-86d2-8e4b3805ec22

CVSS Vector

4.8

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredHigh
User InteractionRequired
ScopeChanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

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