A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in GistPress Plugin up to 3.0.1 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin). This issue affects an unknown functionality of the file includes/class-gistpress.php. The manipulation of the argument id as part of a Parameter 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:

XSS exists in the shortcode functionality of the GistPress plugin before 3.0.2 for WordPress via the includes/class-gistpress.php id parameter. This allows an attacker with the WordPress Contributor role to execute arbitrary JavaScript code with the privileges of other users (e.g., ones who have the publish_posts capability).

The weakness was released 01/30/2020. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2020-8498 since 01/30/2020. The attack may be initiated remotely. The successful exploitation needs a simple authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

By approaching the search of inurl:includes/class-gistpress.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

Upgrading to version 3.0.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• GistPress Plugin

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• 3.0.0
• 3.0.1

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• open-source

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