SB2019101806 - Stored cross-site scripting in Popup Builder plugin for WordPress
Published: October 18, 2019
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) 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 "Add Post" or "Add Page" due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data passed via the HTTP GET parameter to the "/wordpress/wp-admin/post-new.php" script. A remote attacker can 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.