SB2019070818 - Multiple vulnerabilities in WP Google Maps plugin for WordPress



SB2019070818 - Multiple vulnerabilities in WP Google Maps plugin for WordPress

Published: July 8, 2019 Updated: July 18, 2019

Security Bulletin ID SB2019070818
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Cross-site request forgery (CVE-ID: N/A)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site request forgery attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to lack of CSRF and authorisation checks, as well as sanitisation in the "wpgmaps_head()" function in legacy-core.php. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted web page and perform arbitrary actions on behalf of the victim on the vulnerable website.

This vulnerability leads to Stored XSS.


2) Stored 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 the CSRF issue described above as well as insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in the "wpgmaps_head() function" in legacy-core.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.