PT-2018-16889 · WordPress · Responsive Tabs

Published 2018-01-09 · Updated 2018-01-26 · CVE-2018-5312

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.4

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions tabs-responsive plugin version 1.8.0

Description The issue concerns a security problem where an attacker can exploit the post title parameter in the wp-admin/post.php endpoint to execute malicious scripts.

Recommendations For tabs-responsive plugin version 1.8.0, update to a newer version that contains a fix for this issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the wp-admin/post.php endpoint to minimize the risk of exploitation. Avoid using the post title parameter in the affected endpoint until the issue is resolved.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-5312

Affected Products

Responsive Tabs

References · 4

• 🔥 https://github.com/d4wner/Vulnerabilities-Report/blob/master/tabs-responsive.md · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-5312 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5312 · Security Note
• https://wordpress.org/support/topic/stored-xss-bugs-at-the-latest-version-of-tabs-responsive · Note