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Alert Before Your Post Plugin
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Unknown
7.5
CVSS
HIGH
Cross-Site Scripting
79
CWE
Product Name: Alert Before Your Post Plugin
Affected Version From: Unknown
Affected Version To: Unknown
Patch Exists: Unknown (not mentioned)
Related CWE: Not mentioned
CPE: a:wordpress:alert_before_your_post
Metasploit:
Other Scripts:
Platforms Tested: Unknown
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Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in Alert Before Your Post Plugin for WordPress

The Alert Before Your Post plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to cross-site scripting (XSS) due to inadequate input sanitization. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by injecting arbitrary script code in the affected site's browser. This can lead to the theft of authentication credentials and enable further malicious activities.

Mitigation:

To mitigate this vulnerability, it is recommended to update the Alert Before Your Post plugin to the latest version available. Additionally, website administrators should regularly monitor and validate user-supplied input to prevent XSS attacks.
Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50743/info

Alert Before Your Post plugin for WordPress is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker may leverage this issue 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. 

http://www.example.com/[path]/wp-content/plugins/alert-before-your-post/trunk/post_alert.php?name=[xss]

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