Yellow Yard Searchbar: Cross-site scripting
Yellow Yard Searchbar 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
- Yellow Yard Searchbar
- Plugin slug
yellow-yard-searchbar- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Feb 08, 2023
- Weakness
- Not assigned
This CVE was published Feb 08, 2023 and is one of 2 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Yellow Yard Searchbar 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 Yellow Yard Searchbar WordPress plugin before 2.8.2 does not escape some URL parameters before outputting them back to the user, leading to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N