Vulnerability CVE-2019-16332
Published: 2019-09-15   Modified: 2019-09-16

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.

Type:

CWE-79

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

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.3/10
2.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
None
Affected software
Api bearer auth project -> Api bearer auth 

 References:
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
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