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Tag: Security Advisory

SBA Security Advisory – Shibboleth Identity Provider OIDC OP Plugin – Server-Side Request Forgery (CVE-2022-24129)

Shibboleth Identity Provider OIDC OP plugin 3.0.3 or below is prone to a server-side request forgery (SSRF) vulnerability due to an insufficient restriction of the request_uri parameter. This allows unauthenticated attackers to interact with arbitrary third-party HTTP services. We recommend to update Shibboleth Identity Provider OIDC OP plugin to version 3.0.4 or later. For further details, see the full security advisory. Read More
SBA Security Advisory – Shibboleth Identity Provider OIDC OP Plugin – Server-Side Request Forgery (CVE-2022-24129)

SBA Security Advisory – WordPress Plugin – Broken Link Checker – Reflected XSS (CVE-2019-16521)

The broken-link-checker plugin through 1.11.8 for WordPress (aka Broken Link Checker) is susceptible to Reflected XSS due to improper encoding and insertion of an HTTP GET parameter into HTML. The filter function on the page listing all detected broken links can be exploited by providing an XSS payload in the s_filter GET parameter in a filter_id=search request. NOTE: this is an end-of-life product. Read More
SBA Security Advisory – WordPress Plugin – Broken Link Checker – Reflected XSS (CVE-2019-16521)

SBA Security Advisory – Easy FancyBox WordPress Plugin – Stored Cross-site Scripting (XSS) (CVE-2019-16524)

The Easy FancyBox WordPress Plugin Version 1.8.17 is susceptible to Stored Cross-site Scripting in the Settings > Media admin page /wp-admin/options-media.php due to improper encoding of arbitrarily submitted setting parameters. The vulnerability affects every publicly accessible page of the WordPress site. We recommend to update Easy FancyBox WordPress Plugin to version 1.8.18 or later. For further details, see the full security advisory. Read More
SBA Security Advisory – Easy FancyBox WordPress Plugin – Stored Cross-site Scripting (XSS) (CVE-2019-16524)