VDB-94772 · CVE-2016-1000132 · BID 93865

enhanced-tooltipglossary Plugin 3.2.8 on WordPress Reflected cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in enhanced-tooltipglossary Plugin 3.2.8 on WordPress. It has been declared as problematic. The impacted element is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to cross site scripting (Reflected). This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2016-1000132. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in enhanced-tooltipglossary Plugin 3.2.8 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin). Affected by this issue is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability (Reflected). 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. CVE summarizes:

Reflected XSS in wordpress plugin enhanced-tooltipglossary v3.2.8

The bug was discovered 05/11/2016. The weakness was disclosed 10/10/2016 by Larry W. Cashdollar (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-1000132 since 07/20/2016. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. 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.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 152 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 93865†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.2
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.2

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VulDB Temp Score: 4.3
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Exploitinginfo

Name: Reflected
Class: Cross site scripting / Reflected
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

05/11/2016 🔍
07/20/2016 +70 days 🔍
10/10/2016 +82 days 🔍
10/10/2016 +0 days 🔍
10/12/2016 +2 days 🔍
01/01/2017 +81 days 🔍
07/23/2019 +933 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Larry W. Cashdollar
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2016-1000132 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-1000132
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-94772
SecurityFocus: 93865 - WordPress enhanced-tooltipglossary Plugin CVE-2016-1000132 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Entryinfo

Created: 01/01/2017 10:05
Updated: 07/23/2019 18:36
Changes: 01/01/2017 10:05 (58), 07/23/2019 18:36 (5)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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