Ultimate Member Plugin up to 1.3.28 on WordPress wp-admin/users.php _refer cross site scripting

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A vulnerability was found in Ultimate Member Plugin up to 1.3.28 on WordPress. It has been rated as problematic. The affected element is an unknown function of the file wp-admin/users.php. Performing a manipulation of the argument _refer as part of Parameter results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2015-8354. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Ultimate Member Plugin up to 1.3.28 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin). This affects an unknown function of the file wp-admin/users.php. The manipulation of the argument _refer as part of a Parameter 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. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Ultimate Member WordPress plugin before 1.3.29 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the _refer parameter to wp-admin/users.php.

The bug was discovered 02/05/2019. The weakness was published 09/11/2017 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2015-8354 since 11/25/2015. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

By approaching the search of inurl:wp-admin/users.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

Upgrading to version 1.3.29 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• Ultimate Member 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

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