3.5low

CVE-2017-20177

WangGuard Plugin WGG User List wangguard-user-info.php wangguard_users_info cross site scripting

Published 3 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
3.5
v3.1 · CNA
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.6%
percentile 51%
Public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in WangGuard Plugin 1.8.0 on WordPress. Affected by this issue is the function wangguard_users_info of the file wangguard-user-info.php of the component WGG User List Handler. The manipulation of the argument userIP leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be launched remotely. The patch is identified as 88414951e30773c8d2ec13b99642688284bf3189. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. VDB-220214 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.

CISA SSVC assessment

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
20 mo ago

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.64% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 51% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
CNA3.13.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CNA3.03.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CNA2.04.0AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
CNA3.13.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
NVD3.16.1CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CNA2.04.0AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

  • n/a WangGuard Plugin

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

  • vuldb.com /?id.220214 · vdb-entry, technical-description, x_transferred
  • vuldb.com /?ctiid.220214 · signature, permissions-required, x_transferred
  • github.com /joseconti/WangGuard/pull/14 · issue-tracking, x_transferred
  • github.com /joseconti/WangGuard/commit/88414951e30773c8d2ec13b99642688284bf3189 · patch, x_transferred

Sources

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