SB2017112306 - Cross-site scripting in amtyThumb posts for WordPress

CSH
CYBERSECURITY HELP
Sign In REGISTER

Main Vulnerability Database SB2017112306

SB2017112306 - Cross-site scripting in amtyThumb posts for WordPress

Published: November 23, 2017 Updated: October 15, 2019

Security Bulletin ID SB2017112306
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

Low 100%
  • Low
  • Medium
  • High
  • Critical

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-17059)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists in "the amtyThumb amty-thumb-recent-post (aka amtyThumb posts or wp-thumb-post) plugin 8.1.3 for WordPress" due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data passed via the query string to amtyThumbPostsAdminPg.php. 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