CVE-2019-16521

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Summary

CVECVE-2019-16521
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-10-16 15:15:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-18 20:24:00 UTC
DescriptionThe broken-link-checker plugin through 1.11.8 for WordPress (aka Broken Link Checker) is susceptible to Reflected XSS due to improper encoding and insertion of an HTTP GET parameter into HTML. The filter function on the page listing all detected broken links can be exploited by providing an XSS payload in the s_filter GET parameter in a filter_id=search request. NOTE: this is an end-of-life product.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-79

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Managewp Broken Link Checker All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - [SBA-ADV-20190913-02] CVE-2019-16521: WordPress Plugin - Broken Link Checker <= 1.11.8 - Reflected XSS MLIST www.openwall.com Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
advisories/2019/SBA-ADV-20190913-02_WordPress_Plugin_Broken_Link_Checker at public · sbaresearch/advisories · GitHub MISC github.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Broken Link Checker <= 1.11.8 - Authenticated Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) MISC wpvulndb.com Third Party Advisory
WordPress › Broken Link Checker « WordPress Plugins MISC wordpress.org Product, Third Party Advisory
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