CVE-2019-16521

Published: Oct 16, 2019Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-79

6.1MEDIUM

NVD MITRE

Description

The broken-link-checker plugin through 1.11.8 for WordPress (aka Broken Link Checker) is susceptible to Reflected XSS due to improper encoding and insertion of an HTTP GET parameter into HTML. The filter function on the page listing all detected broken links can be exploited by providing an XSS payload in the s_filter GET parameter in a filter_id=search request. NOTE: this is an end-of-life product.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAttack Vector

Network

AC:LAttack Complexity

Low

PR:NPrivileges Required

None

UI:RUser Interaction

Required

Scope

S:CScope

Changed

Impact

C:LConfidentiality

Low

I:LIntegrity

Low

A:NAvailability

None

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

Affected Products

managewp

commercialaka broken link checker, managewp worker

broken link checkerSaaS

Web & CMS Plugins / wordpress-plugin

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Exploitability

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques

Execution

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References

https://wordpress.org/plugins/broken-link-checker/#developers

wordpress.org

https://github.com/sbaresearch/advisories/tree/public/2019/SBA-ADV-20190913-02_WordPress_Plugin_Broken_Link_Checker

github.com

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/10/16/3

openwall.com

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