PT-2019-8543 · WordPress · Wp-Whois-Domain

Published 2019-09-13 · Updated 2019-09-16 · CVE-2017-18612

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-whois-domain plugin version 1.0.0

Description The issue concerns a problem with the wp-whois-domain plugin for WordPress, where there is a potential for XSS via the domain parameter in the "pages/func-whois.php" endpoint.

Recommendations For wp-whois-domain plugin version 1.0.0, consider avoiding the use of the domain parameter in the "pages/func-whois.php" endpoint until a fix is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-18612

Affected Products

Wp-Whois-Domain

References · 4

• 🔥 https://rastating.github.io/wp-whois-domain-reflected-xss · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18612 · Security Note
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-whois-domain/#developers · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-18612 · Vendor Advisory