CVE-2020-36722
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-06-07 01:51
Modified
2024-12-20 23:50
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Summary
The Visual Composer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 26.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts that execute in a victim's browser.
References
security@wordfence.comhttps://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-xss-vulnerabilities-fixed-in-wordpress-visual-composer-plugin/Exploit
security@wordfence.comhttps://wpscan.com/vulnerability/10229Third Party Advisory
security@wordfence.comhttps://www.acunetix.com/vulnerabilities/web/wordpress-plugin-visual-composer-website-builder-multiple-cross-site-scripting-vulnerabilities-26-0/Broken Link
security@wordfence.comhttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c476d9af-9060-4294-874a-86e550253d3b?source=cveThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-xss-vulnerabilities-fixed-in-wordpress-visual-composer-plugin/Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/10229Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.acunetix.com/vulnerabilities/web/wordpress-plugin-visual-composer-website-builder-multiple-cross-site-scripting-vulnerabilities-26-0/Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c476d9af-9060-4294-874a-86e550253d3b?source=cveThird Party Advisory
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