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Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CVE-2015-10078

Medium
6.1/10

Summary

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in atwellpub Resend Welcome Email Plugin 1.0.1 on WordPress. This issue affects the function send_welcome_email_url of the file resend-welcome-email.php. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be initiated remotely. Upgrading to version 1.0.2 is able to address this issue. The identifier of the patch is b14c1f66d307783f0ae74f88088a85999107695c. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier VDB-220637 was assigned to this vulnerability.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • LOW
  • CHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • NONE

CWE-79 - Cross Site Scripting

Cross-Site Scripting, commonly referred to as XSS, is the most dominant class of vulnerabilities. It allows an attacker to inject malicious code into a pregnable web application and victimize its users. The exploitation of such a weakness can cause severe issues such as account takeover, and sensitive data exfiltration. Because of the prevalence of XSS vulnerabilities and their high rate of exploitation, it has remained in the OWASP top 10 vulnerabilities for years.

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  • Published