Cross-site scripting in "The" WordPress plugin - CVE-2017-14622
Published: August 2, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU19732
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-2017-14622
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: George Stephanis, Chip Bennett
Affected software:
"The" WordPress plugin
"The" WordPress plugin
Detailed vulnerability description
Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform XSS attacks.
The vulnerability is caused by an input validation error in the 2kb Amazon Affiliates Store plugin before 2.1.1 for WordPress when processing the (1) page parameter or (2) kbAction parameter in the kbAmz page to wp-admin/admin.php. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in victim's browser in security 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-2017-14622
Install update from vendor's website.