Vigil@nce - WordPress wpForo Forum: Cross Site Scripting
August 2018 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can trigger a Cross Site Scripting of WordPress wpForo
Forum, in order to run JavaScript code in the context of the web
site.
Impacted products: WordPress Plugins not comprehensive.
Severity: 2/4.
Creation date: 05/06/2018.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
The wpForo Forum plugin can be installed on WordPress.
However, it does not filter received data before inserting them in
generated HTML documents.
An attacker can therefore trigger a Cross Site Scripting of
WordPress wpForo Forum, in order to run JavaScript code in the
context of the web site.
ACCESS TO THE COMPLETE VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/WordPress-wpForo-Forum-Cross-Site-Scripting-26316
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