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GHSA-63WM-9592-3668

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-02-06 21:30 – Updated: 2023-02-14 03:30

Details

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in WangGuard Plugin 1.8.0. 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 name of the patch is 88414951e30773c8d2ec13b99642688284bf3189. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. VDB-220214 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.

Severity

6.1 (Medium)


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

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CVE-2017-20177 (GCVE-0-2017-20177)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-02-06 20:00 – Updated: 2025-03-05 19:27

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

3.5 (Low)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

3.5 (Low)


                        
                          CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-03-05 18:41 UTC

CWE

CWE-79 - Cross Site Scripting

Assigner

VulDB mitre root

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

Credits

VulDB GitHub Commit Analyzer

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