CVE-2019-16332 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

In the api-bearer-auth plugin before 20190907 for WordPress, the server parameter is not correctly filtered in the swagger-config.yaml.php file, and it is possible to inject JavaScript code, aka XSS.

Published: 2019-09-15

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: 5.7% Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:api_bearer_auth_project:api_bearer_auth:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.05672.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154369/WordPress-API-Bearer-Auth-20181229-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2152730
https://wordpress.org/plugins/api-bearer-auth/#developers
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9868

History

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Subscriptions

Api Bearer Auth Project Api Bearer Auth

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2019-09-15T21:00:40.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T01:10:41.628Z

Reserved: 2019-09-15T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2019-16332

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-09-15T22:15:10.370

Modified: 2026-06-17T02:22:08.397

Link: CVE-2019-16332

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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