CVE-2016-15027

A vulnerability was found in meta4creations Post Duplicator Plugin 2.18. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is the function mtphr_post_duplicator_notice of the file includes/notices.php. The manipulation of the argument post-duplicated leads to cross site scripting. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Upgrading to version 2.19 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is ca67c05e490c0cf93a1e9b2d93bfeff3dd96f594. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-221496.

CVSS v3.0 6.1 MEDIUM

6.1^/10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/meta4creations/post-duplicator/commit/ca67c05e490c0cf93a1e9b2d93bfeff3dd96f594	Patch
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.221496	Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/meta4creations/post-duplicator/releases/tag/2.19	Release Notes
https://vuldb.com/?id.221496	Third Party Advisory

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:metaphorcreations:post_duplicator:2.18:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

Information

Published : 2023-02-20 09:15

Updated : 2023-03-01 09:52

NVD link : CVE-2016-15027

Mitre link : CVE-2016-15027

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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Products Affected

metaphorcreations

post_duplicator

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