AddThis <= 5.0.2 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting

6.4
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVSS 6.4 (Medium)
Publicly Published June 10, 2015
Last Updated August 8, 2022
Researcher James Hooker

Description

The AddThis plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘at_async_loading’ AJAX action in versions up to, and including, 5.0.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for Subscriber-level attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

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Vulnerability Details for WordPress Share Buttons Plugin – AddThis

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug addthis (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 5.0.3, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • < 5.0.3
Patched Version
  • 5.0.3

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