Accordion <= 2.2.8 - Unprotected AJAX Action to Stored/Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

6.4
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2020-13644
CVSS 6.4 (Medium)
Publicly Published March 18, 2020
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Chloe Chamberland - Wordfence

Description

An issue was discovered in the Accordion plugin before 2.2.9 for WordPress. The unprotected AJAX wp_ajax_accordions_ajax_import_json action allowed any authenticated user with Subscriber or higher permissions the ability to import a new accordion and inject malicious JavaScript as part of the accordion.

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Vulnerability Details for Accordion

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug accordions (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 2.2.9, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • < 2.2.9
Patched Version
  • 2.2.9

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