Arigato Autoresponder/Newsletter 2.5.1.8 on WordPress unsubscribe.html.php email Reflected cross site scripting

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A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Arigato Autoresponder and Newsletter 2.5.1.8 on WordPress. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file unsubscribe.html.php. Such manipulation of the argument email as part of Variable leads to cross site scripting (Reflected). This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2018-1002009. The attack may be launched remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in Arigato Autoresponder and Newsletter 2.5.1.8 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the file unsubscribe.html.php. The manipulation of the argument email as part of a Variable leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability (Reflected). 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:

There is a reflected XSS vulnerability in WordPress Arigato Autoresponder and News letter v2.5.1.8 This vulnerability requires administrative privileges to exploit. There is an XSS vulnerability in unsubscribe.html.php:3: via GET reuqest to the email variable.

The bug was discovered 08/22/2018. The weakness was shared 12/03/2018 as EDB-ID 45434 as not defined exploit (Exploit-DB). The advisory is available at exploit-db.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-1002009 since 12/03/2018. The attack may be launched remotely. The successful exploitation needs a simple authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is available 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 103 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:unsubscribe.html.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

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 vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (45434). The entries VDB-127385, VDB-127386, VDB-127387 and VDB-127388 are related to this item. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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• Arigato Autoresponder
• Newsletter

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• 2.5.1.8

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