PT-2023-10173 · WordPress · Broken Link Checker Plugin

Published 2023-06-05 · Updated 2024-05-17 · CVE-2014-125105

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

3.3

Low

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:M/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Broken Link Checker Plugin versions up to 1.10.1

Description A vulnerability was found in the Broken Link Checker Plugin. It affects the function options page of the file core/core.php of the component Settings Page. The manipulation of the argument exclusion list/blc custom fields leads to cross-site scripting. The attack can be launched remotely.

Recommendations For Broken Link Checker Plugin versions up to 1.10.1, upgrade to version 1.10.2 to address this issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the options page function of the Settings Page component until the upgrade is applied.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2014-125105

Affected Products

Broken Link Checker Plugin

References · 7

• https://github.com/wp-plugins/broken-link-checker/releases/tag/1.10.2 · Patch
• https://github.com/wp-plugins/broken-link-checker/commit/90615fe9b0b6f9e6fb254d503c302e53a202e561 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-125105 · Security Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-125105 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/51725 · Telegram Post
• https://vuldb.com/?id.230659 · Note
• https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.230659 · Note