Role Scoper Plugin up to 1.3.66 on WordPress Edit Page wp-admin/admin.php object_name cross site scripting

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A vulnerability was found in Role Scoper Plugin up to 1.3.66 on WordPress. It has been declared as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function of the file wp-admin/admin.php of the component Edit Page. Such manipulation of the argument object_name as part of Parameter leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2015-8353. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Role Scoper Plugin up to 1.3.66 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin). Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the file wp-admin/admin.php of the component Edit Page. The manipulation of the argument object_name 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. CVE summarizes:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Role Scoper plugin before 1.3.67 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the object_name parameter in a rs-object_role_edit page to wp-admin/admin.php.

The bug was discovered 11/19/2015. The weakness was shared 09/11/2017 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2015-8353 since 11/25/2015. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. 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.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 662 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:wp-admin/admin.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

Upgrading to version 1.3.67 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Type

• WordPress Plugin

Name

• Role Scoper Plugin

Version

• 1.3.0
• 1.3.1
• 1.3.2
• 1.3.3
• 1.3.4
• 1.3.5
• 1.3.6
• 1.3.7
• 1.3.8
• 1.3.9
• 1.3.10
• 1.3.11
• 1.3.12
• 1.3.13
• 1.3.14
• 1.3.15
• 1.3.16
• 1.3.17
• 1.3.18
• 1.3.19
• 1.3.20
• 1.3.21
• 1.3.22
• 1.3.23
• 1.3.24
• 1.3.25
• 1.3.26
• 1.3.27
• 1.3.28
• 1.3.29
• 1.3.30
• 1.3.31
• 1.3.32
• 1.3.33
• 1.3.34
• 1.3.35
• 1.3.36
• 1.3.37
• 1.3.38
• 1.3.39
• 1.3.40
• 1.3.41
• 1.3.42
• 1.3.43
• 1.3.44
• 1.3.45
• 1.3.46
• 1.3.47
• 1.3.48
• 1.3.49
• 1.3.50
• 1.3.51
• 1.3.52
• 1.3.53
• 1.3.54
• 1.3.55
• 1.3.56
• 1.3.57
• 1.3.58
• 1.3.59
• 1.3.60
• 1.3.61
• 1.3.62
• 1.3.63
• 1.3.64
• 1.3.65
• 1.3.66

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