Frontend Post: A security weakness
Frontend Post is affected by a security weakness. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.
- Component
- Frontend Post
- Plugin slug
frontend-post-wordpress-plugin- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Jun 05, 2023
This CVE was published Jun 05, 2023 and is one of 1 known issue for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Frontend 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
The Frontend Post WordPress Plugin WordPress plugin through 2.8.4 does not validate an attribute of one of its shortcode, which could allow users with a role as low as contributor to add a malicious shortcode to a page/post, which will redirect users to an arbitrary domain.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N