CVE-2019-16332

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.

CVSS v3.1 NVD

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

CVSS v2.0 NVD

4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

EPSS

5.67% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 93rd percentile

Nuclei

medium · CWE-79

Published

2019-09-15

Updated

2024-08-05

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154369/WordPress-API-Bearer-Auth-20181229-Cross-Sit…

Nuclei templates (1)

• projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2019/CVE-2019-16332.yaml

Security advisories

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2152730
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9868
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/api-bearer-auth/#developers

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry