SB2018103117 - Cross-site scripting in Multi Step Form for WordPress
Published: October 31, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018103117
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-14846)
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 permanently inject 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
- https://cwatch.comodo.com/blog/website-security/vulnerability-found-in-multiple-stored-xss-form-in-wordpress-version-1-2-5/
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?key5sk1=ed7e8ad919a00da1183b66e366c46367fc4cc26e&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=1919415%40multi-step-form&old=1917502%40multi-step-form
- https://github.com/mlooft/multi-step-form/commit/8a89f6deb888abb0ae679841ee96ee8332e5b5bc#diff-13d0709dedfe5ef22b22558c25b54ccf
- https://ansawaf.blogspot.com/2018/10/cve-2018-14846-multiple-stored-xss-in.html