WP Live Chat Support Plugin for WordPress < 8.0.27 Cross-Site Scripting

medium Web App Scanning Plugin ID 98606

Synopsis

WP Live Chat Support Plugin for WordPress < 8.0.27 Cross-Site Scripting

Description

The WordPress WP Live Chat Support Plugin installed on the remote host is affected by a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability due to improper sanitization of user-supplied input.

Note that the scanner has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to WP Live Chat Support Plugin for WordPress 8.0.27 or latest.

See Also

https://blog.sucuri.net/2019/05/persistent-cross-site-scripting-in-wp-live-chat-support-plugin.html

https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-live-chat-support/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 98606

Type: remote

Published: 5/22/2019

Updated: 3/14/2023

Scan Template: basic, full, pci, scan

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-14950

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-14950

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:2.3:a:wp-livechat:wp_live_chat_support:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/12/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/12/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-14950