Mega Main Menu Plugin up to 2.2.2 on WordPress Setting cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mega Main Menu Plugin up to 2.2.2 on WordPress. It has been classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Setting Handler. This manipulation causes cross site scripting. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2023-1575. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mega Main Menu Plugin up to 2.2.2 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component Setting Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

The Mega Main Menu plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via some of its settings parameters in versions up to, and including, 2.2.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.

The weakness was disclosed 03/29/2023. It is possible to read the advisory at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2023-1575 since 03/22/2023. 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.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Remote: Yes

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Timelineinfo

03/22/2023 🔍
03/29/2023 +6 days 🔍
03/29/2023 +0 days 🔍
04/19/2023 +21 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wordfence.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2023-1575 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-1575
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-224467

Entryinfo

Created: 03/29/2023 18:55
Updated: 04/19/2023 17:31
Changes: 03/29/2023 18:55 (39), 04/19/2023 17:31 (21)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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