CVE-2016-15027

meta4creations Post Duplicator Plugin notices.php mtphr_post_duplicator_notice 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 meta4creations Post Duplicator Plugin 2.18 on WordPress. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is the function mtphr_post_duplicator_notice of the file includes/notices.php. The manipulation of the argument post-duplicated leads to cross site scripting. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Upgrading to version 2.19 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is ca67c05e490c0cf93a1e9b2d93bfeff3dd96f594. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-221496.

Es wurde eine problematische Schwachstelle in meta4creations Post Duplicator Plugin 2.18 für WordPress ausgemacht. Hiervon betroffen ist die Funktion mtphr_post_duplicator_notice der Datei includes/notices.php. Dank der Manipulation des Arguments post-duplicated mit unbekannten Daten kann eine cross site scripting-Schwachstelle ausgenutzt werden. Der Angriff kann über das Netzwerk angegangen werden. Ein Aktualisieren auf die Version 2.19 vermag dieses Problem zu lösen. Der Patch wird als ca67c05e490c0cf93a1e9b2d93bfeff3dd96f594 bezeichnet. Als bestmögliche Massnahme wird das Einspielen eines Upgrades empfohlen.

The Post Duplicator plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 2.16 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on the 'post-duplicated' parameter. 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

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2016-04-06 CVE Published
2023-02-19 CVE Reserved
2024-08-09 CVE Updated
2024-09-12 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.221496	Technical Description

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/meta4creations/post-duplicator/commit/ca67c05e490c0cf93a1e9b2d93bfeff3dd96f594	2024-05-17
https://github.com/meta4creations/post-duplicator/releases/tag/2.19	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
Metaphorcreations Search vendor "Metaphorcreations"		Post Duplicator Search vendor "Metaphorcreations" for product "Post Duplicator"				2.18 Search vendor "Metaphorcreations" for product "Post Duplicator" and version "2.18"		wordpress		Affected