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CVE-2020-8549 (GCVE-0-2020-8549)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-02-03 16:43 – Updated: 2024-08-04 10:03

Summary

Stored XSS in the Strong Testimonials plugin before 2.40.1 for WordPress can result in an attacker performing malicious actions such as stealing session tokens.

Severity

6.1 (Medium)


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

CWE

Assigner

mitre

References

5 references

URL	Tags
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/10056	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/MachoThemes/strong-testimonial…	x_refsource_MISC
https://www.getastra.com/blog/911/plugin-exploit/…	x_refsource_MISC
https://www.jinsonvarghese.com/stored-xss-vulnera…	x_refsource_MISC
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156369/WordP…	x_refsource_MISC

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CNVD-2020-04523

Vulnerability from cnvd - Published: 2020-02-10

Title

WordPress Strong Testimonials跨站脚本漏洞

Description

WordPress是WordPress基金会的一套使用PHP语言开发的博客平台。该平台支持在PHP和MySQL的服务器上架设个人博客网站。 WordPress Strong Testimonials 2.40.1之前版本中存在跨站脚本漏洞。该漏洞源于WEB应用缺少对客户端数据的正确验证。攻击者可利用该漏洞执行客户端代码。

Severity

中

Patch Name

WordPress Strong Testimonials跨站脚本漏洞的补丁

Patch Description

Formal description

目前厂商已发布升级补丁以修复漏洞，补丁获取链接： https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/10056

Reference

https://github.com/MachoThemes/strong-testimonials/blob/master/changelog.txt https://www.getastra.com/blog/911/plugin-exploit/stored-xss-vulnerability-found-in-strong-testimonials-plugin/ https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8549

Impacted products

Name
WordPress Strong Testimonials >2.40.1

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FKIE_CVE-2020-8549

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2020-02-03 17:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 03:26

Severity

6.1 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Summary

Stored XSS in the Strong Testimonials plugin before 2.40.1 for WordPress can result in an attacker performing malicious actions such as stealing session tokens.

References

URL	Tags
cve@mitre.org	http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156369/WordPress-Strong-Testimonials-2.40.1-Cross-Site-Scripting.html	Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org	https://github.com/MachoThemes/strong-testimonials/blob/master/changelog.txt	Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org	https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/10056	Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org	https://www.getastra.com/blog/911/plugin-exploit/stored-xss-vulnerability-found-in-strong-testimonials-plugin/	Exploit, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org	https://www.jinsonvarghese.com/stored-xss-vulnerability-in-strong-testimonials-plugin/	Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156369/WordPress-Strong-Testimonials-2.40.1-Cross-Site-Scripting.html	Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://github.com/MachoThemes/strong-testimonials/blob/master/changelog.txt	Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/10056	Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://www.getastra.com/blog/911/plugin-exploit/stored-xss-vulnerability-found-in-strong-testimonials-plugin/	Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://www.jinsonvarghese.com/stored-xss-vulnerability-in-strong-testimonials-plugin/	Exploit, Third Party Advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	wpchill	strong_testimonials	*

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          "product": "n/a",
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T03:26:31.963",
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GHSA-4X75-37XV-WGWV

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 17:07 – Updated: 2024-10-29 15:31

Details

Stored XSS in the Strong Testimonials plugin before 2.40.1 for WordPress can result in an attacker performing malicious actions such as stealing session tokens.

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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  "details": "Stored XSS in the Strong Testimonials plugin before 2.40.1 for WordPress can result in an attacker performing malicious actions such as stealing session tokens.",
  "id": "GHSA-4x75-37xv-wgwv",
  "modified": "2024-10-29T15:31:58Z",
  "published": "2022-05-24T17:07:54Z",
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    },
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    }
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GSD-2020-8549

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:21

Details

Stored XSS in the Strong Testimonials plugin before 2.40.1 for WordPress can result in an attacker performing malicious actions such as stealing session tokens.

Aliases

CVE-2020-8549

Aliases

CVE-2020-8549

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    "description": "Stored XSS in the Strong Testimonials plugin before 2.40.1 for WordPress can result in an attacker performing malicious actions such as stealing session tokens.",
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      "remediation": "unknown",
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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

Detection rules are retrieved from Rulezet.

The MITRE ATT&CK techniques below are AI-generated suggestions, inferred from the description of the vulnerability by the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-classification-roberta-base model, served locally by ML-Gateway. They have not been verified by an analyst and are provided for guidance only.

Action not permitted

CVE-2020-8549 (GCVE-0-2020-8549)

CNVD-2020-04523

FKIE_CVE-2020-8549

GHSA-4X75-37XV-WGWV

GSD-2020-8549

Tags

Sightings

Nomenclature