#VU27019 Cross-site scripting in Translate WordPress with GTranslate - CVE-2020-11930

 

#VU27019 Cross-site scripting in Translate WordPress with GTranslate - CVE-2020-11930

Published: April 20, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU27019
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: 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-2020-11930
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Translate WordPress with GTranslate
Software vendor:
Translate AI Multilingual Solutions

Description

The 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 a crafted link. This requires use of the hreflang tags feature within a sub-domain or sub-directory paid option. 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.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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