Description

WordPress Plugin LinkedIn by BestWebSoft is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input. An attacker may leverage this issue to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This can allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks. WordPress Plugin LinkedIn by BestWebSoft version 1.0.4 is vulnerable; prior versions may also be affected.

Remediation

Update to plugin version 1.0.5 or latest

References

http://www.defensecode.com/advisories/DC-2017-02-014_50_WordPress_plugins_by_BestWebSoft_Advisory.pdf

https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/142118/WordPress-BestWebSoft-XSS-CSRF.html

https://wordpress.org/plugins/bws-linkedin/#changelog

http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN24834813/index.html

Related Vulnerabilities

WordPress Plugin Simple Post Cross-Site Scripting (1.1)

e107 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Vulnerability (CVE-2017-8098)

Apache Tomcat Other Vulnerability (CVE-2003-0043)

Oracle JRE Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls Vulnerability (CVE-2012-3174)

OpenSSL Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor Vulnerability (CVE-2016-0701)

Severity

High

Classification

CVE-2017-2171 CVE-2017-2171 CVE-2017-18516 CWE-79 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N

Tags

Missing Update XSS