PT-2023-10628 · Unknown · Wangguard Plugin

CVE-2017-20177 · Published 2023-02-06 · Updated 2024-05-17

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 WangGuard Plugin version 1.8.0

Description A problematic issue has been found in the WangGuard Plugin, affecting the wangguard users info function of the wangguard-user-info.php file in the WGG User List Handler component. The manipulation of the userIP argument leads to cross-site scripting. The attack can be launched remotely.

Recommendations For WangGuard Plugin version 1.8.0, apply a patch to fix this issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of the wangguard users info function until a patch is available. Avoid using the userIP argument in the affected component to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-20177

Affected Products

Wangguard Plugin

References · 7

• https://github.com/joseconti/WangGuard/pull/14 · Patch
• https://github.com/joseconti/WangGuard/commit/88414951e30773c8d2ec13b99642688284bf3189 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-20177 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-20177 · Vendor Advisory
• https://vuldb.com/?id.220214 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/43720 · Telegram Post
• https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.220214 · Note