Broken Link Checker Plugin up to 1.10.8 on WordPress Admin Panel cross site scripting
CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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4.9 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Broken Link Checker Plugin up to 1.10.8 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin). Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component Admin Panel. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the Wordpress admin panel when the Broken Link Checker plugin before 1.10.9 is installed.
The bug was discovered 06/25/2015. The weakness was published 08/18/2017 by Michael Kapfer (oss-sec). The advisory is shared for download at openwall.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2015-5057 since 06/24/2015. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 785 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.
Upgrading to version 1.10.9 eliminates this vulnerability.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.2VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1
VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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Exploiting
Class: Cross site scriptingCWE: CWE-79 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
ATT&CK: T1059.007
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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OpenVAS ID: 100908
OpenVAS Name: WordPress Broken Link Checker XSS Vulnerability
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: Broken Link Checker Plugin 1.10.9
Timeline
06/24/2015 🔍06/24/2015 🔍
06/25/2015 🔍
08/18/2017 🔍
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08/19/2017 🔍
11/08/2019 🔍
Sources
Advisory: openwall.comResearcher: Michael Kapfer
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2015-5057 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 75421 - WordPress Broken Link Checker Plugin CVE-2015-5057 HTML Injection Vulnerability
Entry
Created: 08/19/2017 08:39Updated: 11/08/2019 15:06
Changes: 08/19/2017 08:39 (68), 11/08/2019 15:06 (1)
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