Vulnerability identifier: #VU56699
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv3.1: 5.6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:U/RC:C]
CVE-ID:
CWE-ID:
CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Network
Exploit availability: No
Vulnerable software:
Advance Search
Web applications /
Modules and components for CMS
Vendor: mndpsingh287
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 in the "wpas_id" parameter in the ~/inc/admin/views/html-advance-search-admin-options.php file. 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.
Mitigation
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.
Vulnerable software versions
Advance Search: 1.0 - 1.1.2
External links
http://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2021-38348
http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/advance-search/trunk/inc/admin/views/html-advance-search-admin-options.php#L88
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.