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A vulnerability was found in Parallax Scroll Plugin up to 2.0 on WordPress. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function of the file includes/adamrob-parralax-shortcode.php of the component Title Text Handler. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2019-7413. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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A vulnerability was found in Parallax Scroll Plugin up to 2.0 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin) and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file includes/adamrob-parralax-shortcode.php of the component Title Text Handler. 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. The summary by CVE is:

In the Parallax Scroll (aka adamrob-parallax-scroll) plugin before 2.1 for WordPress, includes/adamrob-parralax-shortcode.php allows XSS via the title text. ("parallax" has a spelling change within the PHP filename.)

The bug was discovered 02/03/2019. The weakness was disclosed 02/05/2019. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2019-7413 since 02/05/2019. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:includes/adamrob-parralax-shortcode.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

Upgrading to version 2.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• Parallax Scroll Plugin

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• 2.0

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