wp-noexternallinks Plugin up to 3.5.18 on WordPress options-general.php date1/date2 cross site scripting

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A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in wp-noexternallinks Plugin up to 3.5.18 on WordPress. Impacted is an unknown function of the file wp-admin/options-general.php. Such manipulation of the argument date1/date2 as part of Parameter leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2017-15863. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability was found in wp-noexternallinks Plugin up to 3.5.18 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the file wp-admin/options-general.php. The manipulation of the argument date1/date2 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) exists in the wp-noexternallinks plugin before 3.5.19 for WordPress via the date1 or date2 parameter to wp-admin/options-general.php.

The bug was discovered 05/29/2017. The weakness was presented 10/24/2017 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at lists.openwall.net. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-15863 since 10/24/2017. 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 148 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:wp-admin/options-general.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

Upgrading to version 3.5.19 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• wp-noexternallinks Plugin

Version

• 3.5.0
• 3.5.1
• 3.5.2
• 3.5.3
• 3.5.4
• 3.5.5
• 3.5.6
• 3.5.7
• 3.5.8
• 3.5.9
• 3.5.10
• 3.5.11
• 3.5.12
• 3.5.13
• 3.5.14
• 3.5.15
• 3.5.16
• 3.5.17
• 3.5.18

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