CVE-2013-5978

Public Exploit

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in products.php in the Cart66 Lite plugin before 1.5.1.15 for WordPress allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) Product name or (2) Price description fields via a request to wp-admin/admin.php. NOTE: This issue may only cross privilege boundaries if used in combination with CVE-2013-5977.

Category

6.1
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 2.48% Top 20%
Third-Party Advisory packetstormsecurity.com Third-Party Advisory seclists.org Third-Party Advisory wordpress.org Third-Party Advisory exploit-db.com Third-Party Advisory securityfocus.com Third-Party Advisory ibmcloud.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/123587/WordPress-Cart66-1.5.1.14-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery-Cross-Site-Scripting.html third party advisory vdb entry exploit
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-10/0048.html broken link
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2013/Oct/52 third party advisory mailing list
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/28959 third party advisory vdb entry exploit
http://wordpress.org/plugins/cart66-lite/changelog third party advisory release notes
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/62977 third party advisory vdb entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/87873 third party advisory vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2013-5978?
CVE-2013-5978 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2013-5978?
To fix CVE-2013-5978, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2013-5978 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2013-5978 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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