github - ghsa-c4v2-74rr-g59c

ghsa-c4v2-74rr-g59c

Vulnerability from github

Published

2022-05-24 19:19

Modified

2022-05-24 19:19

Details

The NextScripts: Social Networks Auto-Poster <= 4.3.20 WordPress plugin is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the $_REQUEST['page'] parameter which is echoed out on inc/nxs_class_snap.php by supplying the appropriate value 'nxssnap-post' to load the page in $_GET['page'] along with malicious JavaScript in $_POST['page'].

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    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2021-11-01T21:15:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
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  "id": "GHSA-c4v2-74rr-g59c",
  "modified": "2022-05-24T19:19:22Z",
  "published": "2022-05-24T19:19:22Z",
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      "url": "https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2021/10/xss-vulnerability-in-nextscripts-social-networks-auto-poster-plugin-impacts-100000-sites"
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CVE-2021-38356 (GCVE-0-2021-38356)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2021-11-01 21:01

Modified

2025-03-31 17:46

Severity ?

6.1 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CWE

CWE-79 - Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

Summary

The NextScripts: Social Networks Auto-Poster <= 4.3.20 WordPress plugin is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the $_REQUEST['page'] parameter which is echoed out on inc/nxs_class_snap.php by supplying the appropriate value 'nxssnap-post' to load the page in $_GET['page'] along with malicious JavaScript in $_POST['page'].

References

URL

Tags

https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2021/10/xss-vulnerability-in-nextscripts-social-networks-auto-poster-plugin-impacts-100000-sites/

x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	NextScripts	NextScripts: Social Networks Auto-Poster	Version: 4.3.20 <

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