SB2023060217 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Blog-in-Blog plugin for WordPress

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SB2023060217 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Blog-in-Blog plugin for WordPress

Published: June 2, 2023

Security Bulletin ID SB2023060217
Severity
Low
Patch available
NO
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) PHP file inclusion (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-2435)

The vulnerability allows a remote user to include and execute arbitrary PHP files on the server.

The vulnerability exists due to incorrect input validation when including PHP files. A remote administrator can send a specially crafted HTTP request to the affected application, include and execute arbitrary PHP code on the system with privileges of the web server.


2) Stored cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-2436)

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 in the "blog_in_blog" shortcode. A remote user 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

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

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