Subscribe To Comments Reloaded: Cross-site scripting
Subscribe To Comments Reloaded 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
- Subscribe To Comments Reloaded
- Plugin slug
subscribe-to-comments-reloaded- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Mar 19, 2018
This CVE was published Mar 19, 2018 and is one of 4 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Subscribe To Comments Reloaded 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 request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Subscribe To Comments Reloaded plugin before 140219 for WordPress allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a request to the subscribe-to-comments-reloaded/options/index.php page to wp-admin/admin.php.
NVD vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H