CVE-2016-1000143

MEDIUMNuclei

WordPress Photoxhibit 2.1.8 - Cross-Site Scripting

Title source: github.com
STIX 2.1 vulnerability

Record summary

CVE-2016-1000143 has a selected CVSS score of 6.1 (medium); EIP currently links 1 Nuclei template.

Description

Reflected XSS in wordpress plugin photoxhibit v2.1.8

Description source: CVE List

Exploitation context

Available material

Nuclei templates
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Nuclei templates

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ProjectDiscoveryMEDIUMWordPress Photoxhibit 2.1.8 - Cross-Site ScriptingCVSS 6.1

WordPress Photoxhibit 2.1.8 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 execute malicious scripts in a victim's browser, potentially leading to session hijacking, defacement, or theft of sensitive information.

Remediation

Update to the latest version of WordPress Photoxhibit or apply the official patch provided by the vendor.

WeaknessesCWE-79
Authorsdaffainfo
Template tagscve2016cvewordpresswp-pluginxssphotoxhibit_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:photoxhibit_project:photoxhibit:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
http://www.vapidlabs.com/wp/wp_advisory.php?v=780 https://wordpress.org/plugins/photoxhibit https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1000143 https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates

Source: ProjectDiscovery

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