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

CVE-2018-1000508

Medium
4.8/10

Summary

WP ULike version 2.8.1, 3.1 contains a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Settings screen that can result in allows unauthorised users to do almost anything an admin can. This attack appear to be exploitable via Admin must visit logs page. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 3.2.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • LOW
  • CHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • HIGH
  • 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