Posted by WordPress released a security release to attend to numerous vulnerabilities discovered in variations of WordPress prior to 6.0.3. WordPress also upgraded all versions given that WordPress 3.7.
Cross Website Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability
The U.S. Federal Government National Vulnerability Database released cautions of several vulnerabilities affecting WordPress.
There are multiple type of vulnerabilities impacting WordPress, consisting of a type known as a Cross Site Scripting, frequently referred to as XSS.
A cross site scripting vulnerability typically occurs when a web application like WordPress doesn’t correctly inspect (sterilize) what is input into a form or uploaded through an upload input.
An assaulter can send a destructive script to a user who visits the site which then performs the destructive script, thereupon offering delicate information or cookies consisting of user qualifications to the attacker.
Another vulnerability discovered is called a Saved XSS, which is typically considered to be even worse than a regular XSS attack.
With a saved XSS attack, the destructive script is stored on the website itself and is performed when a user or logged-in user visits the website.
A third kind vulnerability discovered is called a Cross-Site Demand Forgery (CSRF).
The non-profit Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) security website explains this sort of vulnerability:
“Cross-Site Demand Forgery (CSRF) is an attack that forces an end user to carry out unwanted actions on a web application in which they’re presently validated.
With a little aid of social engineering (such as sending a link via e-mail or chat), an assailant may fool the users of a web application into executing actions of the assaulter’s choosing.
If the victim is a typical user, an effective CSRF attack can require the user to carry out state changing demands like moving funds, altering their e-mail address, and so forth.
If the victim is an administrative account, CSRF can compromise the whole web application.”
These are the vulnerabilities found:
- Saved XSS via wp-mail. php (post by email)
- Open redirect in ‘wp_nonce_ays’
- Sender’s email address is exposed in wp-mail. php
- Media Library– Reflected XSS through SQLi
- Cross-Site Demand Forgery (CSRF) in wp-trackback. php
- Saved XSS by means of the Customizer
- Revert shared user circumstances presented in 50790
- Stored XSS in WordPress Core via Comment Modifying
- Information exposure via the REST Terms/Tags Endpoint
- Content from multipart emails leaked
- SQL Injection due to inappropriate sanitization in ‘WP_Date_Query ‘RSS Widget: Kept XSS problem
- Kept XSS in the search block
- Function Image Block: XSS issue
- RSS Block: Saved XSS issue
- Fix widget block XSS
Suggested Action
WordPress advised that all users upgrade their websites immediately.
The official WordPress announcement stated:
“This release features numerous security repairs. Since this is a security release, it is suggested that you update your websites immediately.
All versions given that WordPress 3.7 have likewise been updated.”
Check out the main WordPress announcement here:
WordPress 6.0.3 Security Release
Read the National Vulnerability Database entries for these vulnerabilities:
CVE-2022-43504
CVE-2022-43500
CVE-2022-43497
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