vulnerability
WordPress Plugin: api-bearer-auth: CVE-2019-16332: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) | Sep 5, 2019 | May 15, 2025 | Apr 30, 2026 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Sep 5, 2019
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Apr 30, 2026
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.
Solution
api-bearer-auth-plugin-cve-2019-16332
References
Rapid7 Labs
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