CVE-2020-24316

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Medium 6.1

Description

WP Plugin Rednumber Admin Menu v1.1 and lower does not sanitize the value of the "role" GET parameter before echoing it back out to the user. This results in a reflected XSS vulnerability that attackers can exploit with a specially crafted URL.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2020-24316

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2020-08-26T14:15:10

Last Modified Date
2020-10-20T16:55:38

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:admin_menu_project:admin_menu::::::wordpress::*	1	OR		1.1

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://wordpress.org/plugins/admin-menu/	Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://zeroaptitude.com/zerodetail/wordpress-plugin-bug-hunting-part-1/	Exploit Third Party Advisory

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-24316
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-24316

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 16:23:01				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-04 21:32:15	2020-08-26T14:15Z	2020-08-26T14:15:10	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-04 21:32:15		2020-10-20T16:55:38	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-04 21:32:15		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated