CVE-2024-1775CWE-79

Nextend Social Login and Register <= 3.1.12 - Reflected Self-Based Cross-Site Scripting via error_description

Medium · published March 2, 2024

CVSS v3.1
5.4
EPSS
0%
Percentile
29.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

The Nextend Social Login and Register plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to a self-based Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘error_description’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 3.1.12 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers, with access to a subscriber-level account, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link. NOTE: This vulnerability can be successfully exploited on a vulnerable WordPress instance against an OAuth pre-authenticated higher-level user (e.g., administrator) by leveraging a cross-site request forgery in conjunction with a certain social engineering technique to achieve a critical impact scenario (cross-site scripting to administrator-level account creation). However, successful exploitation requires "Debug mode" to be enabled in the plugin's "Global Settings".

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.4 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00370 · 29.8th percentile
Weakness
CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Published
2024-03-02T07:35Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 02 MAR 07:35Z
    Nextend Social Login and Register <= 3.1.12 - Reflected Self-Based Cross-Site Scripting via error_description
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