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1 vulnerability by wangguard_project
CVE-2017-20177 (GCVE-0-2017-20177)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-02-06 20:00 – Updated: 2025-03-05 19:27
VLAI
Title
WangGuard Plugin WGG User List wangguard-user-info.php wangguard_users_info cross site scripting
Summary
A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in WangGuard Plugin 1.8.0 on WordPress. Affected by this issue is the function wangguard_users_info of the file wangguard-user-info.php of the component WGG User List Handler. The manipulation of the argument userIP leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be launched remotely. The patch is identified as 88414951e30773c8d2ec13b99642688284bf3189. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. VDB-220214 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.
Severity
CWE
- CWE-79 - Cross Site Scripting
Assigner
References
4 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://vuldb.com/?id.220214 | vdb-entrytechnical-description |
| https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.220214 | signaturepermissions-required |
| https://github.com/joseconti/WangGuard/pull/14 | issue-tracking |
| https://github.com/joseconti/WangGuard/commit/884… | patch |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | WangGuard Plugin |
Affected:
1.8.0
|
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