CVE-2016-1000132

MEDIUMNuclei

WordPress enhanced-tooltipglossary 3.2.8 - Cross-Site Scripting

Title source: github.com
STIX 2.1 vulnerability

Record summary

CVE-2016-1000132 has a selected CVSS score of 6.1 (medium); EIP currently links 1 Nuclei template.

Description

Reflected XSS in wordpress plugin enhanced-tooltipglossary v3.2.8

Description source: CVE List

Exploitation context

Available material

Nuclei templates
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Nuclei templates

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ProjectDiscoveryMEDIUMWordPress enhanced-tooltipglossary 3.2.8 - Cross-Site ScriptingCVSS 6.1

WordPress enhanced-tooltipglossary 3.2.8 contains a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability which allows an attacker to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This can allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by users, leading to potential data theft, session hijacking, or defacement.

Remediation

Update to the latest version of WordPress enhanced-tooltipglossary plugin (3.2.9 or higher) which includes a fix for this vulnerability.

WeaknessesCWE-79
Authorsdaffainfo
Template tagscve2016cvewordpressxsswp-plugincmindsvuln
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CPE: cpe:2.3:a:cminds:tooltip_glossary:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Google: inurl:"/wp-content/plugins/enhanced-tooltipglossary"
http://www.vapidlabs.com/wp/wp_advisory.php?v=37 https://wordpress.org/plugins/enhanced-tooltipglossary https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1000132 https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates

Source: ProjectDiscovery

References

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