CVE-2020-11512
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The vulnerability CVE-2020-11512 was discovered in IMPress for IDX Broker WordPress plugin version 2.6.1 and earlier. This security issue was disclosed on March 26, 2020, and received a CVSS score of 5.4, indicating a moderate severity level (Wordfence Blog).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as an Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issue. The CVSS vector string is CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L, which indicates that the vulnerability requires network access and low privileges to exploit, with no user interaction needed (Wordfence Blog).

Impact

The vulnerability could allow authenticated attackers to inject malicious scripts that would execute in other users' browsers when viewing affected pages. This could potentially lead to compromised user sessions, data theft, or unauthorized actions being performed on behalf of other users (Wordfence Blog).

Exploitability

The vulnerability requires an attacker to have an authenticated account on the WordPress site to exploit. The attack complexity is considered low, meaning it does not require special conditions or preparation to execute (Wordfence Blog).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability was patched in version 2.6.2 of the IMPress for IDX Broker plugin. Users are advised to update to this version or later to protect against this security issue (Wordfence Blog).

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