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

CVE-2015-10094

Low
2.4/10

Summary

A vulnerability was found in Fastly Plugin up to 0.97 on WordPress. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function post of the file lib/api.php. The manipulation of the argument url leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be launched remotely. Upgrading to version 0.98 is able to address this issue. The patch is identified as d7fe42538f4d4af500e3af9678b6b06fba731656. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. VDB-222326 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • LOW
  • UNCHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • HIGH
  • NONE
  • 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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Advisory Timeline

  • Published