CVE-2016-1000140

MEDIUMNuclei

WordPress New Year Firework <=1.1.9 - Cross-Site Scripting

Title source: github.com
STIX 2.1 vulnerability

Record summary

CVE-2016-1000140 has a selected CVSS score of 6.1 (medium); EIP currently links 1 Nuclei template.

Description

Reflected XSS in wordpress plugin new-year-firework v1.1.9

Description source: CVE List

Exploitation context

Available material

Nuclei templates
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Nuclei templates

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ProjectDiscoveryMEDIUMWordPress New Year Firework <=1.1.9 - Cross-Site ScriptingCVSS 6.1

WordPress New Year Firework 1.1.9 and before 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 lead to cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, allowing an attacker to execute malicious scripts on the victim's browser.

Remediation

Update to the latest version of the WordPress New Year Firework plugin (1.1.9) to mitigate this vulnerability.

WeaknessesCWE-79
Authorsdaffainfo
Template tagscve2016cvewordpressxsswp-pluginnew-year-firework_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:new-year-firework_project:new-year-firework:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
http://www.vapidlabs.com/wp/wp_advisory.php?v=453 https://wordpress.org/plugins/new-year-firework https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1000140 https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates

Source: ProjectDiscovery

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