Salutation Responsive WordPress Theme < 3.0.16 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting

2017-07-31 00:00

Mallory Adams

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 3.0.16

Affected ThemeSalutation Responsive WordPress Theme

Affected Version< 3.0.16

CVSS6.4Medium

CVECVE-2017-1000227

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Vulnerability Overview

Stored XSS in Salutation Responsive WordPress + BuddyPress Theme version 3.0.15 could allow logged-in users to do almost anything an admin can.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 3.0.16, 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-2017-1000227 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/47f0795c-5a79-47e8-b118-f4f0e95ac53b

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

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