CVE-2017-18565
Updater by BestWebSoft <= 1.34 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
mediumImproper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
6.1
CVSS Score
6.1
CVSS Score
medium
Severity
1.35
Patched in
2477d
Time to patch
Description
The Updater by BestWebSoft plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 1.34 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on the 'category' parameter. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts that execute in a victim's browser granted they can trick a victim into performing an action, such as clicking on a link.
CVSS Vector Breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NAttack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Low
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
Technical Details
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