Media Library Assistant <= 3.42 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via 'search-string' Parameter via {+request:...+} in Pagination Links
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- Whether CISA lists it in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: proof that attackers are using it.What do these mean? →
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: no
- Technical impact: partial
Summary
The Media Library Assistant plugin for WordPress is affected by a reflected cross-site scripting flaw that lets an attacker run malicious scripts in a visitor's browser through a crafted link. The problem only arises on sites that display a gallery with pagination links built from user-supplied search input.
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The Media Library Assistant plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the 'search-string' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 3.42 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link. Exploitation requires the targeted site to have a publicly accessible page containing an [mla_gallery] shortcode configured with a pagination output mode and an mla_link_href template that reflects a {+request:...+} token, along with enough attachments to trigger pagination.
Timeline
- CVE published
- First seen by cve.now
- CISA SSVC assessment
Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
- Record last updated
Affected versions
- dglingren Media Library Assistant
through 3.42
References 6
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
- browser/media-library-assistant/tags/3.42/includes/class-mla-shortcode-support.php#L2585
- browser/media-library-assistant/tags/3.42/includes/class-mla-shortcode-support.php#L2482
- browser/media-library-assistant/tags/3.42/includes/class-mla-data.php#L1548
- changeset/3760471
- browser/media-library-assistant/tags/3.43/includes/class-mla-shortcode-support.php