WP Site Protect <= 1.0 - Cross-Site Scripting
Strategic Overview
Vulnerability Overview
The WP Site Protect plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting via the 'password' parameter in versions up to, and including, 1.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts that execute in a victim's browser. The author of this plugin has fixed this issue in GitHub, but not in the WordPress plugin repository.
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
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