adsense-plugin Plugin up to 1.43 on WordPress cross site scripting

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in adsense-plugin Plugin up to 1.43 on WordPress. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part. Performing a manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2017-18487. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in adsense-plugin Plugin up to 1.43 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin). This affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input 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:

The adsense-plugin (aka Google AdSense) plugin before 1.44 for WordPress has multiple XSS issues.

The weakness was disclosed 08/13/2019. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2017-18487 since 08/12/2019. 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. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 1.44 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Type

• WordPress Plugin

Name

• adsense-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
• 1.36
• 1.37
• 1.38
• 1.39
• 1.40
• 1.41
• 1.42
• 1.43

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