CVE-2020-24314

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Medium 6.1
Description
Fahad Mahmood RSS Feed Widget Plugin v2.7.9 and lower does not sanitize the value of the "t" GET parameter before echoing it back out inside an input tag. This results in a reflected XSS vulnerability that attackers can exploit with a specially crafted URL.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2020-24314
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2020-08-26T13:15:10
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2020-09-03T19:03:38
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-79 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:rss_feed_widget_project:rss_feed_widget:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* 1 OR 2.7.9
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • CHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • LOW
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 6.1
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.8
  • Impact Score
  • 2.7
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://zeroaptitude.com/zerodetail/wordpress-plugin-bug-hunting-part-1/ Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://wordpress.org/plugins/rss-feed-widget/advanced/ Product Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-24314
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-24314
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 16:27:09 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-04 21:31:49 2020-08-26T13:15Z 2020-08-26T13:15:10 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-04 21:31:49 2020-09-03T19:03:38 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-04 21:31:49 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated