WP Responsive Tabs Horizontal Vertical and Accordion Tabs Plugin cross site scripting

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in WP Responsive Tabs Horizontal Vertical and Accordion Tabs Plugin up to 1.1.15 on WordPress. This affects an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to cross site scripting. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2023-2184. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in WP Responsive Tabs Horizontal Vertical and Accordion Tabs Plugin up to 1.1.15 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin). This vulnerability affects an unknown function. 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. CVE summarizes:

The WP Responsive Tabs horizontal vertical and accordion Tabs plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the search_term parameter in versions up to, and including, 1.1.15 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 presented 04/19/2023. The advisory is shared for download at wordfence.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2023-2184 since 04/19/2023. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

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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• WP Responsive Tabs Horizontal Vertical and Accordion Tabs Plugin

Version

• 1.1.0
• 1.1.1
• 1.1.2
• 1.1.3
• 1.1.4
• 1.1.5
• 1.1.6
• 1.1.7
• 1.1.8
• 1.1.9
• 1.1.10
• 1.1.11
• 1.1.12
• 1.1.13
• 1.1.14
• 1.1.15

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