CVE-2017-14313 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The shibboleth_login_form function in shibboleth.php in the Shibboleth plugin before 1.8 for WordPress is prone to an XSS vulnerability due to improper use of add_query_arg().

Published: 2017-09-12

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: 1.3% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:shibboleth_project:shibboleth:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DLA	DLA-1096-1	wordpress-shibboleth security update
Debian DSA	DSA-3973-1	wordpress-shibboleth security update
EUVD	EUVD-2017-5816	The shibboleth_login_form function in shibboleth.php in the Shibboleth plugin before 1.8 for WordPress is prone to an XSS vulnerability due to improper use of add_query_arg().

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01345.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3973
https://bugs.debian.org/874416
https://github.com/michaelryanmcneill/shibboleth/commit/1d65ad6786282d23ba1865f56e2fd19188e7c26a
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8901

History

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Subscriptions

Shibboleth Project Shibboleth

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-09-12T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T19:20:41.464Z

Reserved: 2017-09-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-14313

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-09-12T00:29:00.193

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-14313

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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