SB2019102503 - Reflected cross-site scripting in Groundhogg plugin for WordPress

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SB2019102503 - Reflected cross-site scripting in Groundhogg plugin for WordPress

Published: October 25, 2019

Security Bulletin ID SB2019102503
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Reflected cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: N/A)

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 in the "wp-content/plugins/groundhogg/includes/admin/bulk-jobs/class-wpgh-admin-bulk-job.php" file. A remote authenticated attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.

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.

PoC: 

https://<host>/wp-admin/admin.php?page=gh_bulk_jobs&action=gh_export_contacts<%2Fscript><script>alert(1)<%2Fscript>


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References