PT-2017-14245 · WordPress · Wp-Noexternallinks Plugin

Neven Biruski · Published 2017-10-24 · Updated 2017-11-14 · CVE-2017-15863

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.1

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions wp-noexternallinks plugin versions prior to 3.5.19

Description A Cross Site Scripting (XSS) issue exists, allowing exploitation via the date1 or date2 parameter to the "wp-admin/options-general.php" API endpoint.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.5.19, update to version 3.5.19 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-15863

Affected Products

Wp-Noexternallinks Plugin

References · 4

• 🔥 http://lists.openwall.net/full-disclosure/2017/06/02/3 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-15863 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15863 · Security Note
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-noexternallinks/#developers · Note