SB2016071001 - Cross-site scripting in All in One SEO Pack for WordPress
Published: July 10, 2016 Updated: October 15, 2019
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: N/A)
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in 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
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Jul/23
- https://semperfiwebdesign.com/blog/all-in-one-seo-pack/all-in-one-seo-pack-release-history/
- https://sumofpwn.nl/advisory/2016/persistent_cross_site_scripting_in_all_in_one_seo_pack_wordpress_plugin.html
- https://wptavern.com/all-in-one-seo-2-3-7-patches-persistent-xss-vulnerability
- https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2016/07/xss-vulnerability-all-in-one-seo-pack-plugin/