Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in Rich Review WordPress Plugin
CVE-2019-25216

7.2HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
StarfishWP
Status
Rich Reviews By Starfish
Vendor
CVE Published:
16 October 2024

Summary

The Rich Review plugin for WordPress is susceptible to a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability due to inadequate input sanitization and output escaping in the 'update' parameter of the POST body. This flaw affects versions up to and including 1.7.4, allowing unauthenticated attackers to inject malicious web scripts. When a user accesses a page that has been compromised, these scripts can execute, posing significant security risks and potentially leading to unauthorized access or data theft.

Affected Version(s)

Rich Reviews by Starfish * <= 1.7.4

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2019/09/rich-reviews-plugi...
https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-not-supported-...

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

Mikey Veenstra
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