Stored Cross-Site Scripting in Pretty Links Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2019-25147

7.2HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
Wordpress
Status
Pretty Links – Affiliate Links, Link Branding, Link Tracking & Marketing Plugin
Vendor
CVE Published:
7 June 2023

Summary

The Pretty Links plugin for WordPress is susceptible to Stored Cross-Site Scripting through various IP headers and the referer header due to inadequate input sanitization and output escaping in the track_link function. This vulnerability permits unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages, which will execute when a user accesses the compromised page. It is essential for users to update to the latest version to mitigate this security risk.

Affected Version(s)

Pretty Links – Affiliate Links, Link Branding, Link Tracking & Marketing Plugin * < 2.1.10

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://blog.nintechnet.com/stored-xss-and-csv-injection-...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&s...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.2
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Jerome Bruandet
.