Browser Screenshots: Cross-site scripting
Browser Screenshots 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
- Browser Screenshots
- Plugin slug
browser-screenshots- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Jul 12, 2021
This CVE was published Jul 12, 2021 and is one of 1 known issue for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Browser Screenshots 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
The Browser Screenshots WordPress plugin before 1.7.6 allowed authenticated users with a role as low as Contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks as the image_class parameter of the browser-shot shortcode was not escaped.
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N