Cross-site scripting in WordPress - #VU82041
Published: October 16, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU82041
CSH Severity: Medium
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 passed via success_url and reject_url parameters in the application password screen. 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.
Affected software
WordPress
Fedora
wordpress
Fedora
wordpress
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.
WordPress - addressed in versions 5.6.12, 5.7.10, 5.8.8, 5.9.8, 6.0.6, 6.1.4, 6.2.3, 6.3.2
wordpress - addressed in versions 5.1.17-1.el7, 6.2.3-1.fc37, 6.3.2-1.el9, 6.3.2-1.fc38, 6.3.2-1.fc39
wordpress - addressed in versions 5.1.17-1.el7, 6.2.3-1.fc37, 6.3.2-1.el9, 6.3.2-1.fc38, 6.3.2-1.fc39