Vigil@nce - WordPress Import users from CSV with meta: Cross Site Scripting
February 2019 by Vigil@nce
This bulletin was written by Vigil@nce : https://vigilance.fr/offer/Computer-vulnerability-database-and-alert
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can trigger a Cross Site Scripting of WordPress Import
users from CSV with meta, in order to run JavaScript code in the
context of the web site.
– Impacted products: WordPress Plugins not comprehensive.
– Severity: 2/4.
– Consequences: client access/rights.
– Provenance: document.
– Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
– Creation date: 13/12/2018.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
The Import users from CSV with meta plugin can be installed on
WordPress.
However, it does not filter received data before inserting them in
generated HTML documents.
An attacker can therefore trigger a Cross Site Scripting of
WordPress Import users from CSV with meta, in order to run
JavaScript code in the context of the web site.
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