MyThemeShop URL Shortener Plugin up to 1.0.17 on WordPress Setting cross site scripting

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in MyThemeShop URL Shortener Plugin up to 1.0.17 on WordPress. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Setting Handler. This manipulation causes cross site scripting. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-5802. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability has been found in MyThemeShop URL Shortener Plugin up to 1.0.17 on WordPress and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function 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 URL Shortener by Myhop WordPress plugin through 1.0.17 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when unfiltered_html is disallowed

The weakness was released by Sandeep Vishwakarma. It is possible to read the advisory at wpscan.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-5802 since 06/10/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation needs additional levels of successful authentication. 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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Type

• WordPress Plugin

Vendor

• MyThemeShop

Name

• URL Shortener Plugin

Version

• 1.0.0
• 1.0.1
• 1.0.2
• 1.0.3
• 1.0.4
• 1.0.5
• 1.0.6
• 1.0.7
• 1.0.8
• 1.0.9
• 1.0.10
• 1.0.11
• 1.0.12
• 1.0.13
• 1.0.14
• 1.0.15
• 1.0.16
• 1.0.17

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