ShiftController Employee Shift Scheduling Plugin up to 4.9.25 on WordPress Query String cross site scripting

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in ShiftController Employee Shift Scheduling Plugin up to 4.9.25 on WordPress. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Query String Handler. The manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2023-1978. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in ShiftController Employee Shift Scheduling Plugin up to 4.9.25 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin). Affected is an unknown code block of the component Query String Handler. 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. CVE summarizes:

The ShiftController Employee Shift Scheduling plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the query string in versions up to, and including, 4.9.25 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

The weakness was published 04/14/2023. The advisory is available at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2023-1978 since 04/11/2023. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

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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• WordPress Plugin

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• ShiftController Employee Shift Scheduling Plugin

Version

• 4.9.0
• 4.9.1
• 4.9.2
• 4.9.3
• 4.9.4
• 4.9.5
• 4.9.6
• 4.9.7
• 4.9.8
• 4.9.9
• 4.9.10
• 4.9.11
• 4.9.12
• 4.9.13
• 4.9.14
• 4.9.15
• 4.9.16
• 4.9.17
• 4.9.18
• 4.9.19
• 4.9.20
• 4.9.21
• 4.9.22
• 4.9.23
• 4.9.24
• 4.9.25

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