SB2019070819 - Multiple vulnerabilities in WP Custom Body Class plugin for WordPress

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SB2019070819 - Multiple vulnerabilities in WP Custom Body Class plugin for WordPress

Published: July 8, 2019 Updated: December 16, 2019

Security Bulletin ID SB2019070819
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: CVE-2019-6030)

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

The vulnerability exists due to the lack of CSRF check and sanitisation when updating the plugin's settings. 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 unauthorized settings update and stored XSS issues.


2) Stored cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-6029)

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

The vulnerability exists due to the CSRF issue described above. 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