SB2015072203 - Cross-site scripting in Paid Memberships Pro for WordPress

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SB2015072203 - Cross-site scripting in Paid Memberships Pro for WordPress

Published: July 22, 2015

Security Bulletin ID SB2015072203
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-5532)

Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform Cross-site scripting attacks.

An input validation error exists in the Paid Memberships Pro (PMPro) plugin before 1.8.4.3 for WordPress when processing the (1) s parameter to membershiplevels.php, (2) memberslist.php, or (3) orders.php in adminpages/ or the (4) edit parameter to adminpages/membershiplevels.php. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in victim's browser in security context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References