VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2020-24316

This results in a reflected XSS vulnerability that attackers can exploit with a specially crafted URL.

MEDIUM 6.1EPSS 0.87%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.87%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

WP Plugin Rednumber Admin Menu v1.1 and lower does not sanitize the value of the "role" GET parameter before echoing it back out to the user. This results in a reflected XSS vulnerability that attackers can exploit with a specially crafted URL.

CVSS 3.1: 6.1 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS: 0.87% probability · 57th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-79
Affected: admin menu project/admin menu
Source: cve@mitre.org

References

https://wordpress.org/plugins/admin-menu/Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
https://zeroaptitude.com/zerodetail/wordpress-plugin-bug-hunting-part-1/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, URL Repurposed
https://wordpress.org/plugins/admin-menu/Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
https://zeroaptitude.com/zerodetail/wordpress-plugin-bug-hunting-part-1/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, URL Repurposed

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.