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HistoryMar 22, 2023 - 12:00 a.m.

MDTF < 1.3.1 - Reflected XSS

2023-03-2200:00:00

wpvulndb

mdtf version 1.3.1

reflected xss

admin

https

admin-ajax.php

5.4 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

LOW

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

NONE

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

4.9 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

NONE

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

23.3%

JSON

The plugin does not sanitise and escape the tax_name parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin

Make a logged in admin open https://example.com/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=mdf_get_tax_options_in_widget&tax_name=<svg/onload=alert(1)>

References

www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2023-3

5.4 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

LOW

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

NONE

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

4.9 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

NONE

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

23.3%

JSON

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