Yuzo Related Posts Plugin for WordPress Cross-Site Scripting

medium Web App Scanning Plugin ID 98549

Synopsis

Yuzo Related Posts Plugin for WordPress Cross-Site Scripting

Description

The WordPress Yuzo Related Posts Plugin installed on the remote host is affected by a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability due to improper sanitization of user-supplied input.

Note that the scanner has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Remove Yuzo Related Posts Plugin for WordPress.

See Also

https://wordpress.org/plugins/yuzo-related-post/

https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2019/04/yuzo-related-posts-zero-day-vulnerability-exploited-in-the-wild/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 98549

Type: remote

Published: 4/25/2019

Updated: 3/14/2023

Scan Template: basic, full, pci, scan

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-11869

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-11869

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:2.3:a:yuzopro:yuzo:5.12.94:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/9/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/9/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-11869