API Bearer Auth < 20190907 - Cross-Site Scripting

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

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CVE	CVE-2019-16332
CVSS	Medium (6.1)
Publicly Published	September 5, 2019
Last Updated	January 22, 2024
Researcher	Ricardo Sanchez

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.

References

www.wordfence.com

1 affected software package

Software Type	Plugin
Software Slug	api-bearer-auth (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	Yes
Affected Version	<= 20190907
Patched Version	20190907

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