vulnerability

WordPress Plugin: updater: CVE-2017-18565: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Apr 12, 2017
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Jun 24, 2025

Description

The Updater by BestWebSoft plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 1.34 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on the 'category' parameter. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts that execute in a victim's browser granted they can trick a victim into performing an action, such as clicking on a link.

Solution

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