Target First: Cross-site scripting
Target First is affected by cross-site scripting. The vulnerable path is reachable without authentication. Injected script can execute in the affected site's origin when the vulnerable output is viewed.
- Component
- Target First
- Plugin slug
watcheezy- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- May 24, 2021
This CVE was published May 24, 2021 and is one of 1 known issue for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Target First 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 Target First WordPress Plugin v2.0, also previously known as Watcheezy, suffers from a critical unauthenticated stored XSS vulnerability. An attacker could change the licence key value through a POST on any URL with the 'weeWzKey' parameter that will be save as the 'weeID option and is not sanitized.
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N