Accordion <= 2.2.8 - Unprotected AJAX Action to Stored/Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2020-13644
CVSS Medium (6.4)
Publicly Published March 18, 2020
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Chloe Chamberland
Description

An issue was discovered in the Accordion plugin before 2.2.9 for WordPress. The unprotected AJAX wp_ajax_accordions_ajax_import_json action allowed any authenticated user with Subscriber or higher permissions the ability to import a new accordion and inject malicious JavaScript as part of the accordion.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug accordions (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.2.9
Patched Version
  • 2.2.9
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