WP YouTube Live <= 1.8.2 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

2022-04-25 00:00

Vinay Varma Mudunuri

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 1.8.3

Affected PluginWP YouTube Live

Affected Version<= 1.8.2

CVSS4.8Medium

CVECVE-2022-1334

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Vulnerability Overview

The WP YouTube Live WordPress plugin before 1.8.3 does not validate, sanitise and escape various of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when unfiltered_html is disallowed

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 1.8.3, 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-2022-1334 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b5018aac-59fb-4d95-bbdd-8ceaa4f8fad1

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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