PT-2023-11906 · WordPress · Widget Settings Importer/Exporter Plugin

Ram + 1 · CVE-2020-36769 · Published 2023-12-23 · Updated 2023-12-29

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.4

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions The Widget Settings Importer/Exporter Plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 1.5.3

Description The issue is related to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the "wp ajax import widget data" parameter AJAX action due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This allows authenticated attackers with subscriber-level permissions and above to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Recommendations For versions up to, and including, 1.5.3, update to a version higher than 1.5.3 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the "wp ajax import widget data" AJAX action until a patch is available. Avoid using the wp ajax import widget data parameter in the affected AJAX endpoint until the issue is resolved.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-36769

Affected Products

Widget Settings Importer/Exporter Plugin

References · 7

• 🔥 https://wordfence.com/blog/2020/04/unpatched-high-severity-vulnerability-in-widget-settings-importer-exporter-plugin · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-36769 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-36769 · Security Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e14f0fc6-fca4-4dd7-8f7b-ed5ed535c9af?source=cve · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/65034 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/65614 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1738497831848354044 · Twitter Post