WP Ultimate CSV Importer <= 6.4.2 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

2022-01-26 00:00

Felipe de Avila

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 6.4.3

Affected PluginWP Ultimate CSV Importer – WordPress Import & Export for CSV, XML & Excel

Affected Version< 6.4.3

CVSS4.8Medium

CVECVE-2022-0360

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Vulnerability Overview

The Easy Drag And drop All Import : WP Ultimate CSV Importer WordPress plugin before 6.4.3 does not sanitise and escaped imported comments, which could allow high privilege users to import malicious ones (either intentionnaly or not) and lead to Stored Cross-Site Scripting issues

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 6.4.3, 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-2022-0360 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5b3081ff-9898-46a2-8e02-30cd83f4fbe4

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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