WPQA - Builder forms Addon For WordPress < 5.2 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Profile fields

2022-04-21 00:00

Veshraj Ghimire

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 5.2

Affected PluginWPQA - Builder forms Addon For WordPress

Affected Version< 5.2

CVSS5.4Medium

CVECVE-2022-1051

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Vulnerability Overview

The WPQA Builder Plugin WordPress plugin before 5.2, used as a companion plugin for the Discy and Himer , does not sanitise and escape the city, phone or profile credentials fields when outputting it in the profile page, allowing any authenticated user to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 5.2, 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-2022-1051 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/082b57a9-4703-4908-9119-47fc4034c35d

CVSS Vector

5.4

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

Base

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

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