#VU80611 Cross-site scripting in Simple Membership - CVE-2023-4719
Published: September 11, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU80611
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-2023-4719
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Simple Membership
Simple Membership
Software vendor:
smp7, wp.insider
smp7, wp.insider
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 "list_type" parameter. 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 updates from vendor's website.
External links
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-membership/
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e4b10172-7e54-4ff8-9fbb-41d160ce49e4?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2962730%40simple-membership&new=2962730%40simple-membership&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=