SB2016020204 - Cross-site scripting (XSS) in eShop plugin for WordPress

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SB2016020204 - Cross-site scripting (XSS) in eShop plugin for WordPress

Published: February 2, 2016

Security Bulletin ID SB2016020204
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
NO
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 vulnerability.


1) Cross-site scripting (XSS) (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-0765)

CWE-ID: CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CVSSv4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N]


Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform XSS attacks.

The vulnerability is caused by an input validation error in eshop-orders.php in the eShop plugin 6.3.14 for WordPress when processing the "page" or "action" parameters. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially 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

Cybersecurity Help is not aware of any official remediation provided by the vendor.

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