Read and Understood <= 2.1 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting

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

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

CVE	CVE-2018-5667
CVSS	Medium (5.5)
Publicly Published	January 12, 2018
Last Updated	January 22, 2024
Researcher	d4wner

Description

An issue was discovered in the read-and-understood plugin 2.1 for WordPress. XSS exists via the wp-admin/options-general.php rnu_username_validation_pattern parameter.

References

www.wordfence.com

1 affected software package

Software Type	Plugin
Software Slug	read-and-understood (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	Yes
Affected Version	<= 2.1
Patched Version	2.2

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