Record summary

CVE-2016-1000135 has a selected CVSS score of 6.1 (medium); EIP currently links 1 Nuclei template.

Description

Reflected XSS in wordpress plugin hdw-tube v1.2

Description source: CVE List

Exploitation context

Available material

Nuclei templates
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Nuclei templates

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ProjectDiscoveryMEDIUMWordPress HDW Video Gallery <=1.2 - Cross-Site ScriptingCVSS 6.1

WordPress HDW Video Gallery 1.2 and before contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability via mychannel.php 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 execute arbitrary script code in the context of the affected website, potentially leading to session hijacking, defacement, or theft of sensitive information.

Remediation

Update to the latest version of the WordPress HDW Video Gallery plugin (>=1.3) which includes a fix for this vulnerability.

WeaknessesCWE-79
Authorsdaffainfo
Template tagscve2016cvewordpressxsswp-pluginhdw-tube_projectvuln
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:hdw-tube_project:hdw-tube:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Google: inurl:"/wp-content/plugins/hdw-tube"

Source: ProjectDiscovery

References

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