CVE-2017-18560

Content Audit <= 1.9.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Cross-Site Scripting

mediumImproper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

6.1

CVSS Score

6.1

CVSS Score

medium

Severity

1.9.2

Patched in

2310d

Time to patch

Description

The Content Audit plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery via the content_audit_save_bulk_edit AJAX action which allows for stored XSS payloads in versions up to, and including, 1.9.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts that execute in a victim's browser.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Low

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions<=1.9.1

PublishedSeptember 26, 2017

Last updatedJanuary 22, 2024

Affected plugincontent-audit

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c801dfe6-a39f-4212-9cd7-71ef921c43ef?source=api-prod

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