Content Audit <= 1.9.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Cross-Site Scripting

6.1
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2017-18560
CVSS 6.1 (Medium)
Publicly Published September 26, 2017
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researchers Mallory Adams - DXW Security
dwxsupport - DXW Security

Description

The Content Audit plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery via the content_audit_save_bulk_edit AJAX action which allows for stored XSS payloads in versions up to, and including, 1.9.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts that execute in a victim's browser.

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Vulnerability Details for Content Audit

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug content-audit (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 1.9.2, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 1.9.1
Patched Version
  • 1.9.2

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