Cross-site scripting in Multi Step Form - CVE-2018-14846
Published: August 2, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU19645
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-14846
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Mondula GmbH
Affected software:
Multi Step Form
Multi Step Form
Detailed vulnerability description
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. A remote attacker can permanently 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.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-14846
Update to version 1.2.6.
Sources
- https://cwatch.comodo.com/blog/website-security/vulnerability-found-in-multiple-stored-xss-form-in-wordpress-version-1-2-5/
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?key5sk1=ed7e8ad919a00da1183b66e366c46367fc4cc26e&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=1919415%40multi-step-form&old=1917502%40multi-step-form
- https://github.com/mlooft/multi-step-form/commit/8a89f6deb888abb0ae679841ee96ee8332e5b5bc#diff-13d0709dedfe5ef22b22558c25b54ccf
- https://ansawaf.blogspot.com/2018/10/cve-2018-14846-multiple-stored-xss-in.html