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

CVE-2015-10101

Severity Medium
Score 6.1/10

Summary

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Google Analytics Top Content Widget Plugin up to 1.5.6 on WordPress. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file class-tgm-plugin-activation.php. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. The attack can be launched remotely. Upgrading to version 1.5.7 is able to address this issue. The identifier of the patch is 25bb1dea113716200a6f0f3135801d84a7a65540. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier VDB-226117 was assigned to this vulnerability.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
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  • 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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Advisory Timeline

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