SB2020102934 - Cross-site scripting in GreenMart WordPress theme

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SB2020102934 - Cross-site scripting in GreenMart WordPress theme

Published: October 29, 2020 Updated: November 2, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2020102934
Severity
Low
Patch available
NO
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-16140)

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

The vulnerability exists due the "greenmart_autocomplete_search" AJAX action does not properly sanitise the callback parameter passed to it. 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

Cybersecurity Help is not aware of any official remediation provided by the vendor.

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