Cross-site scripting in Google XML Sitemaps for WordPress

1) Cross-site scripting

EUVDB-ID: #VU19637

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 5.3 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-16204

CWE-ID: CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. The vulnerability allows remote authenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.

Mitigation

Update to version 4.1.0.

Vulnerable software versions

Google XML Sitemaps: 2.5 - 4.0.9

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:arnee:google-sitemap-generator:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:arnee:google-sitemap-generator:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:arnee:google-sitemap-generator:2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

http://wordpress.org/plugins/google-sitemap-generator/#developers
http://alertas.wpdanger.com/plugins/google-xml-sitemaps-409-xss/
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN27052429/index.html

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.