SiteOrigin Page Builder Plugin up to 2.10.15 on WordPress Live Editor live_editor_panels_data cross site scripting

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in SiteOrigin Page Builder Plugin up to 2.10.15 on WordPress. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Live Editor. The manipulation of the argument live_editor_panels_data as part of Variable leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2020-13643. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in SiteOrigin Page Builder Plugin up to 2.10.15 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin) and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Live Editor. The manipulation of the argument live_editor_panels_data as part of a Variable leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-80. The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special characters such as "<", ">", and "&" that could be interpreted as web-scripting elements when they are sent to a downstream component that processes web pages. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

An issue was discovered in the SiteOrigin Page Builder plugin before 2.10.16 for WordPress. The live editor feature did not do any nonce verification, allowing for requests to be forged on behalf of an administrator. The live_editor_panels_data $_POST variable allows for malicious JavaScript to be executed in the victim's browser.

The weakness was released 05/28/2020. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2020-13643 since 05/27/2020. 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. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 2.10.16 eliminates this vulnerability.

Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at VDB-155650. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• SiteOrigin Page Builder Plugin

Version

• 2.10.0
• 2.10.1
• 2.10.2
• 2.10.3
• 2.10.4
• 2.10.5
• 2.10.6
• 2.10.7
• 2.10.8
• 2.10.9
• 2.10.10
• 2.10.11
• 2.10.12
• 2.10.13
• 2.10.14
• 2.10.15

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