Alert Before You Post: Cross-site scripting
Alert Before You Post is affected by cross-site scripting. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. Injected script can execute in the affected site's origin when the vulnerable output is viewed.
- Component
- Alert Before You Post
- Plugin slug
alert-before-you-post- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Aug 23, 2012
This CVE was published Aug 23, 2012 and is one of 1 known issue for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Alert Before You Post to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in post_alert.php in Alert Before Your Post plugin, possibly 0.1.1 and earlier, for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the name parameter.
NVD vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N