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CVE-2017-20177 Detail

Description

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.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
Base Score:  6.1 MEDIUM
Vector:  CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Nist CVSS score does not match with CNA score
CNA:  VulDB
Base Score:  3.5 LOW
Vector:  CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

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Hyperlink Resource
https://github.com/joseconti/WangGuard/commit/88414951e30773c8d2ec13b99642688284bf3189 Patch 
https://github.com/joseconti/WangGuard/commit/88414951e30773c8d2ec13b99642688284bf3189 Patch 
https://github.com/joseconti/WangGuard/pull/14 Issue Tracking  Patch 
https://github.com/joseconti/WangGuard/pull/14 Issue Tracking  Patch 
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.220214 Permissions Required  Third Party Advisory 
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.220214 Permissions Required  Third Party Advisory 
https://vuldb.com/?id.220214 Third Party Advisory 
https://vuldb.com/?id.220214 Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') VulDB  

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:a:wangguard_project:wangguard:1.8.0:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-20177
NVD Published Date:
02/06/2023
NVD Last Modified:
11/20/2024
Source:
VulDB