PT-2013-5745 · WordPress · Design Approval System

Published 2013-09-17 · Updated 2013-09-25 · CVE-2013-5711

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Design Approval System plugin versions prior to 3.7

Description The issue is related to a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the step parameter in the /admin/walkthrough/walkthrough.php endpoint.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.7, update to version 3.7 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the /admin/walkthrough/walkthrough.php endpoint to minimize the risk of exploitation. Avoid using the step parameter in the affected endpoint until the issue is resolved.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2013-5711

Affected Products

Design Approval System

References · 4

• 🔥 http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-09/0055.html · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-5711 · Security Note
• http://wordpress.org/plugins/design-approval-system/other_notes · Patch
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-5711 · Note