SB2021110905 - Cross-site scripting in Easy Digital Downloads plugin for WordPress



SB2021110905 - Cross-site scripting in Easy Digital Downloads plugin for WordPress

Published: November 9, 2021

Security Bulletin ID SB2021110905
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) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-39354)

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 within the "$start_date" and "$end_date" parameters in the ~/includes/admin/payments/class-payments-table.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.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.