Vulnerability · Published Feb 3, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-8549
Medium 6.1
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.9% (higher than 80% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)6.1Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.9%top 20.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Stored XSS in the Strong Testimonials plugin before 2.40.1 for WordPress can result in an attacker performing malicious actions such as stealing session tokens.
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/10056 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/MachoThemes/strong-testimonials/blob/master/changelog.txt x_refsource_MISC
- https://www.getastra.com/blog/911/plugin-exploit/stored-xss-vulnerability-found-in-strong-testimonials-plugin/ x_refsource_MISC
- https://www.jinsonvarghese.com/stored-xss-vulnerability-in-strong-testimonials-plugin/ x_refsource_MISC
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156369/WordPress-Strong-Testimonials-2.40.1-Cross-Site-Scripting.html x_refsource_MISC