WordPress security changelog
MEDIUM CVE-2018-11580 Modified

Mass Pagesposts Creator: A security weakness

Mass Pagesposts Creator 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.

CVE / CNA score 5.4 CVSS · cve@mitre.org
NVD score 5.4 CVSS 3.0 · nvd@nist.gov
Component
Mass Pagesposts Creator
Plugin slug
mass-pagesposts-creator
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
May 31, 2018
Weakness
CWE-79 — Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

This CVE was published May 31, 2018 and is one of 1 known issue for this plugin.

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update Mass Pagesposts Creator 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

An issue was discovered in mass-pages-posts-creator.php in the MULTIDOTS Mass Pages/Posts Creator plugin 1.2.2 for WordPress. Any logged in user can launch Mass Pages/Posts creation with custom content. There is no nonce or user capability check, so anyone can launch a DoS attack against a site and create hundreds of thousands of posts with custom content.

NVD vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Primary and upstream sources