Broken Link Checker <= 1.11.8 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2019-17207
CVSS Medium (5.4)
Publicly Published October 14, 2019
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Tobias Fink
Description

A reflected XSS vulnerability was found in includes/admin/table-printer.php in the Broken Link Checker plugin 1.11.8 for WordPress. This allows unauthorized users to inject client-side JavaScript into an admin-only WordPress page via the wp-admin/tools.php?page=view-broken-links s_filter parameter in a search action.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug broken-link-checker (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.11.9
Patched Version
  • 1.11.9
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