PT-2021-8575 · WordPress · Mycred

Jeremie Amsellem · Published 2021-11-29 · Updated 2021-11-29 · CVE-2017-20008

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 myCred WordPress plugin versions prior to 1.7.8

Description The issue is related to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting problem. It occurs because the user parameter is not properly sanitised and escaped before being outputted in the Points Log admin dashboard. This allows for malicious scripts to be injected and executed.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.7.8, update to version 1.7.8 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the Points Log admin dashboard to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-20008

Affected Products

Mycred

References · 6

• 🔥 https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/3175c56d-27bb-4bf1-b6ba-737541483d40 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-20008 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-20008 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/33010 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/23885 · Telegram Post
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/1639363/mycred · Note