custom-search-plugin Plugin up to 1.35 on WordPress cross site scripting

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in custom-search-plugin Plugin up to 1.35 on WordPress. Impacted is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2017-18494. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in custom-search-plugin Plugin up to 1.35 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input 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. The summary by CVE is:

The custom-search-plugin plugin before 1.36 for WordPress has multiple XSS issues.

The weakness was shared 08/13/2019. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-18494 since 08/12/2019. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 1.36 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Type

• WordPress Plugin

Name

• custom-search-plugin Plugin

Version

• 1.0
• 1.1
• 1.2
• 1.3
• 1.4
• 1.5
• 1.6
• 1.7
• 1.8
• 1.9
• 1.10
• 1.11
• 1.12
• 1.13
• 1.14
• 1.15
• 1.16
• 1.17
• 1.18
• 1.19
• 1.20
• 1.21
• 1.22
• 1.23
• 1.24
• 1.25
• 1.26
• 1.27
• 1.28
• 1.29
• 1.30
• 1.31
• 1.32
• 1.33
• 1.34
• 1.35

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