Stored cross-site scripting in WPS Limit Login - #VU19347

 

Stored cross-site scripting in WPS Limit Login - #VU19347

Published: July 24, 2019 / Updated: July 25, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU19347
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N]
CVE-ID: N/A
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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 admin area in "/blocks/log.php" and "/classes/plugin.php" files. A remote attacker can trick the victim by usage of the preinstalled jQuery 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.

File: /blocks/log.php
  • …<?php echo $user_info['ip']; ?>…

File: /classes/plugin.php
  • echo '<p>' . date_i18n( 'd/m/Y H:i:s', $date ) . ' - ' . $user_info['ip']…

Affected software

WPS Limit Login

Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

WPS Limit Login - update to 1.4.6

External References

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