YOP Poll <= 6.3.4 - Author+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

2022-02-14 00:00

R3N0

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 6.3.5

Affected PluginYOP Poll

Affected Version<= 6.3.4

CVSS6.4Medium

CVECVE-2022-0205

View all YOP Poll vulnerabilities

Vulnerability Overview

The YOP Poll WordPress plugin before 6.3.5 does not sanitise and escape some of the settings (available to users with a role as low as author) before outputting them, leading to a Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 6.3.5, 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-2022-0205 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b7beaa9e-517b-4717-b896-3e37424e27a3

CVSS Vector

6.4

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

Base

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

This record contains material that is subject to copyright

CVE Usage: MITRE hereby grants you a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable copyright license to reproduce, prepare derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, sublicense, and distribute Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE®). Any copy you make for such purposes is authorized provided that you reproduce MITRE's copyright designation and this license in any such copy.

https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse

Defiant hereby grants you a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable copyright license to reproduce, prepare derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, sublicense, and distribute this software vulnerability information. Any copy of the software vulnerability information you make for such purposes is authorized provided that you include a hyperlink to this vulnerability record and reproduce Defiant's copyright designation and this license in any such copy.

https://www.wordfence.com/wordfence-intelligence-terms-and-conditions/