CVE-2015-10098

Broken Link Checker Plugin ui_get_action_links cross site scripting

Severity Score

6.1

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

A vulnerability was found in Broken Link Checker Plugin up to 1.10.5 on WordPress. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function print_module_list/show_warnings_section_notice/status_text/ui_get_action_links. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be launched remotely. Upgrading to version 1.10.6 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is f30638869e281461b87548e40b517738b4350e47. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-225152.

Eine problematische Schwachstelle wurde in Broken Link Checker Plugin bis 1.10.5 für WordPress ausgemacht. Dies betrifft die Funktion print_module_list/show_warnings_section_notice/status_text/ui_get_action_links. Durch Manipulation mit unbekannten Daten kann eine cross site scripting-Schwachstelle ausgenutzt werden. Der Angriff kann über das Netzwerk passieren. Ein Aktualisieren auf die Version 1.10.6 vermag dieses Problem zu lösen. Der Patch wird als f30638869e281461b87548e40b517738b4350e47 bezeichnet. Als bestmögliche Massnahme wird das Einspielen eines Upgrades empfohlen.

The Broken Link Checker plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 1.10.5 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping and the use of add_query_arg/remove_query_arg. This makes it possible for attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts that execute in a victim's browser.

*Credits: VulDB GitHub Commit Analyzer

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2015-04-20 CVE Published
2023-04-06 CVE Reserved
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2024-12-17 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CAPEC

References (3)

URL	Tag	Source
https://vuldb.com/?id.225152	Technical Description

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/wp-plugins/broken-link-checker/commit/f30638869e281461b87548e40b517738b4350e47	2024-05-17
https://github.com/wp-plugins/broken-link-checker/releases/tag/1.10.6	2024-05-17

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Wpmudev Search vendor "Wpmudev"		Broken Link Checker Search vendor "Wpmudev" for product "Broken Link Checker"				< 1.10.6 Search vendor "Wpmudev" for product "Broken Link Checker" and version " < 1.10.6"		wordpress		Affected