BestWebSoft Portfolio Plugin up to 2.27 bws_menu/bws_menu.php bws_add_menu_render bwsmn_form_email cross site scripting

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A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in BestWebSoft Portfolio Plugin up to 2.27. This issue affects the function bws_add_menu_render of the file bws_menu/bws_menu.php. Executing a manipulation of the argument bwsmn_form_email can lead to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2014-125109. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in BestWebSoft Portfolio Plugin up to 2.27. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects the function bws_add_menu_render of the file bws_menu/bws_menu.php. The manipulation of the argument bwsmn_form_email 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 weakness was released 08/07/2014 as d2ede580474665af56ff262a05783fbabe4529b8. The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2014-125109. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

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Upgrading to version 2.28 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch d2ede580474665af56ff262a05783fbabe4529b8 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. The advisory contains the following remark:

Security Exploit was fixed.

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Vendor

• BestWebSoft

Name

• Portfolio Plugin

Version

• 2.0
• 2.1
• 2.2
• 2.3
• 2.4
• 2.5
• 2.6
• 2.7
• 2.8
• 2.9
• 2.10
• 2.11
• 2.12
• 2.13
• 2.14
• 2.15
• 2.16
• 2.17
• 2.18
• 2.19
• 2.20
• 2.21
• 2.22
• 2.23
• 2.24
• 2.25
• 2.26
• 2.27

License

• open-source

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