Broken Link Checker Plugin up to 1.10.5 on WordPress cross site scripting

A vulnerability was found in Broken Link Checker Plugin up to 1.10.5 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function print_module_list/show_warnings_section_notice/status_text/ui_get_action_links. 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 weakness was disclosed 04/06/2023 as f30638869e281461b87548e40b517738b4350e47. The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2015-10098. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

Upgrading to version 1.10.6 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at github.com. Applying the patch f30638869e281461b87548e40b517738b4350e47 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. The advisory contains the following remark:

Fix a CSRF/XSS vulnerability caused by not escaping the URL returned by add_query_arg().

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.4

VulDB Base Score: 3.5
VulDB Temp Score: 3.4
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Broken Link Checker Plugin 1.10.6
Patch: f30638869e281461b87548e40b517738b4350e47

Timelineinfo

04/06/2023 🔍
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04/23/2023 +17 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: f30638869e281461b87548e40b517738b4350e47
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2015-10098 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-10098
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-225152

Entryinfo

Created: 04/06/2023 14:51
Updated: 04/23/2023 15:29
Changes: 04/06/2023 14:51 (45), 04/23/2023 15:29 (2)
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Cache ID: 152:AC2:65

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