Help Desk WP: Cross-site scripting
Help Desk WP 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
- Help Desk WP
- Plugin slug
help-desk-wp- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- May 15, 2023
- Weakness
- Not assigned
This CVE was published May 15, 2023 and is one of 1 known issue for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Help Desk WP 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 Help Desk WP WordPress plugin through 1.2.0 does not sanitise and escape some parameters, which could allow users with a role as low as Editor to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
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