Job Manager Plugin up to 0.7.22 on WordPress email cross site scripting

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A vulnerability was found in Job Manager Plugin up to 0.7.22 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin). It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown code block. The manipulation of the argument email with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on integrity. CVE summarizes:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Job Manager plugin 0.7.22 and earlier for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the email field.

The weakness was disclosed 08/13/2015 (Website). The advisory is available at exploit-db.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2015-2321 since 03/17/2015. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details and a public exploit are known. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

A public exploit has been developed by Owais Mehtab and been published before and not just after the advisory. The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 6 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 11509 (WordPress Job Manager Plugin email field Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability).

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (37738) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-52334†).

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Author: Owais Mehtab
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Advisory: 132931
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2015-2321 (🔍)
Vulnerability Center: 52334 - Job Manager plugin 0.7.22 and earlier for WordPress Remote XSS via the Email Field, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 08/14/2015 10:17 AM
Updated: 11/28/2024 06:07 PM
Changes: 08/14/2015 10:17 AM (53), 11/13/2017 09:59 AM (9), 06/09/2022 01:31 PM (3), 11/28/2024 06:07 PM (20)
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