Pagerank Tools Plugin up to 1.1.5 on WordPress cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Pagerank Tools Plugin up to 1.1.5 on WordPress. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2024-5730. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Pagerank Tools Plugin up to 1.1.5 on WordPress and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

The Pagerank tools WordPress plugin through 1.1.5 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin

The weakness was presented by Bob Matyas. The advisory is shared at wpscan.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-5730 since 06/07/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are necessary for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

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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06/07/2024 🔍
06/28/2024 +21 days 🔍
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05/20/2025 +326 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wpscan.com
Researcher: Bob Matyas
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2024-5730 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-5730
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-269933

Entryinfo

Created: 06/28/2024 09:23
Updated: 05/20/2025 03:32
Changes: 06/28/2024 09:23 (53), 03/22/2025 01:32 (4), 05/20/2025 03:32 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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