Covid-19 Spurs Facial Recognition Tracking, Privacy Fears

In the midst of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, facial recognition technology is being adopted globally as a way to track the virus’ spread. But privacy experts worry that, in the rush to implement COVID-19 tracking capabilities, important and deep rooted issues around data collection and...

South Korean Data Protection Laws

I am a Senior CIAM Solution Engineer. While doing research to prepare for a client conversation, I discovered a number of International Data Protection laws that are less talked about than GDPR or CCPA, but are important considerations for global brands. To help you better navigate the complex...

WordPress GDPR Cookie Consent Plugin Cross Site Scripting

A cross site scripting vulnerability exists in WordPress GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability would allow remote attackers to inject an arbitrary web script into the affected system...

commix

This is an automated tool for testing web-based applications to find command injection vulnerabilities. It is written in Python and can be used by web developers, penetration testers, or security researchers. The tool is designed to test web-based applications with the view to find bugs, errors, ...

GDPR Cookie Consent Plugin for WordPress < 1.8.3 Cross-Site Scripting

The WordPress GDPR Cookie Consent Plugin installed on the remote host is affected by a cross-site scripting XSS vulnerability due to improper access controls. Note that the scanner has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number. No...

WordPress GDPR Cookie Consent Plugin < 1.8.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities

The WordPress plugin Copyright C 2020 Greenbone Networks GmbH SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the...

Critical WordPress Plugin Bug Afflicts 700K Sites

A popular WordPress plugin, which helps make websites compliant with the General Data Protection Regulation GDPR, has issued fixes for a critical flaw. If exploited, the vulnerability could enable attackers to modify content or inject malicious JavaScript code into victim websites. The plugin, GD...

GDPR Cookie Consent < 1.8.3 - Improper Access Controls

Improper Access Controls issue in the clipolicygenerator AJAX call which could allow an authenticated user with low privileges such as a subscriber to: - Change the status of any post/page from published to draft, removing them from the frontend of the blog. - Put a payload in the content of one...

WordPress GDPR Cookie Consent plugin <= 1.8.2 - Improper Access Controls vulnerability

Improper Access Controls vulnerability found by Jerome Bruandet in WordPress GDPR Cookie Consent plugin versions = 1.8.2. Solution Update the WordPress GDPR Cookie Consent plugin to the latest available version at least 1.8.3...

CVE-2018-12365

A compromised IPC child process can escape the content sandbox and list the names of arbitrary files on the file system without user consent or interaction. This could result in exposure of private local files. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird 60, Thunderbird 52.9, Firefox ESR 60.1, Firefox...

Contact Form Clean and Simple < 4.7.1 - Authenticated Stored XSS

The Contact Form Clean and Simple WordPress plugin was vulnerable to Authenticated stored XSS. When a user has admin capabilities, malicious code can be submitted through the plugin's options. This code will then be executed on every page with the contact form on the front-end. PoC By checking th...

Contact Form Clean and Simple < 4.7.1 - Authenticated Stored XSS

The Contact Form Clean and Simple WordPress plugin was vulnerable to Authenticated stored XSS. When a user has admin capabilities, malicious code can be submitted through the plugin's options. This code will then be executed on every page with the contact form on the front-end. By checking the...

CVE-2019-8554

A permissions issue existed in the handling of motion and orientation data. This issue was addressed with improved restrictions. This issue is fixed in iOS 12.2. A website may be able to access sensor information without user consent...

Information disclosure

A permissions issue existed in the handling of motion and orientation data. This issue was addressed with improved restrictions. This issue is fixed in iOS 12.2. A website may be able to access sensor information without user consent...

Visual Studio Live Share Spoofing Vulnerability

A spoofing vulnerability exists in Visual Studio Live Share when a guest connected to a Live Share session is redirected to an arbitrary URL specified by the session host. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could cause a connected guest's computer to open a browser and...

Consumer Data Privacy Rights: Emerging Tech Blurs Lines

LAS VEGAS – From drones to facial recognition, new technology applications are introducing unique consumer privacy issues for civil society — and U.S. lawmakers and legal teams are struggling to keep up. Privacy is a fundamental human right for consumers, but new ways in which data is collected a...

Microsoft Edge Security Bypass Vulnerability (CNVD-2019-42801)

Microsoft Edge is a web browser from the American company Microsoft that comes with systems after Windows 10. A security vulnerability exists in Microsoft Edge EdgeHTML-based, which arises from the program failing to properly handle extension requests and failing to request host privileges for...

U.S. Dept Of Defense: [HTAF4-213] [Pre-submission] CVE-2018-2879 (padding oracle attack in the Oracle Access Manager) at https://█████████

Description We were able to identify CVE-2018-2879 in Oracle Access Manager, used on the https://██████ Link to the CVE: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-2879 This vulnerability is rated critical, and may allow unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle...

CVE-2019-16522

The eu-cookie-law plugin through 3.0.6 for WordPress aka EU Cookie Law GDPR is susceptible to Stored XSS due to improper encoding of several configuration options in the admin area and the displayed cookie consent message. This affects Font Color, Background Color, and the Disable Cookie text. An...

Cross site scripting

The eu-cookie-law plugin through 3.0.6 for WordPress aka EU Cookie Law GDPR is susceptible to Stored XSS due to improper encoding of several configuration options in the admin area and the displayed cookie consent message. This affects Font Color, Background Color, and the Disable Cookie text. An...