WordPress Advanced Ticket System, Elite Support Helpdesk: Cross-site scripting
WordPress Advanced Ticket System, Elite Support Helpdesk 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
- WordPress Advanced Ticket System, Elite Support Helpdesk
- Plugin slug
wordpress-advanced-ticket-system- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Sep 13, 2021
This CVE was published Sep 13, 2021 and is one of 1 known issue for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update WordPress Advanced Ticket System, Elite Support Helpdesk 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 WordPress Advanced Ticket System, Elite Support Helpdesk WordPress plugin before 1.0.64 does not sanitize or escape form values before saving to the database or when outputting, which allows high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed.
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N