A vulnerability was found in Asgard Security Scanner Plugin up to 0.7 on WordPress and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. 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:

The Asgard Security Scanner WordPress plugin through 0.7 does not sanitise and escape a 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.

The weakness was shared by Hassan Khan Yusufzai. The advisory is available at wpscan.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-12715 since 12/17/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Asgard Security Scanner Plugin

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• 0.1
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