PT-2019-8540 · WordPress · Magic-Fields

Published 2019-09-10 · Updated 2019-09-10 · CVE-2017-18609

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 magic-fields plugin versions prior to 1.7.2

Description The issue concerns a cross-site scripting (XSS) flaw. It is exploited via the custom-write-panel-id parameter.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.7.2, update to version 1.7.2 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the custom-write-panel-id parameter to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-18609

Affected Products

Magic-Fields

References · 6

• 🔥 https://sumofpwn.nl/advisory/2016/cross_site_scripting_in_magic_fields_1_wordpress_plugin.html · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-18609 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18609 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/6638 · Telegram Post
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/magic-fields/#developers · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-18609 · Note