CVE-2016-4833

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Nofollow Links plugin before 1.0.11 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

CVSS v3 6.1 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 4.3 MEDIUM

6.1^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

4.3^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN13582657/index.html	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2016-000125	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92077	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://wordpress.org/plugins/nofollow-links/changelog/	Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8580
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN13582657/index.html	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2016-000125	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92077	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://wordpress.org/plugins/nofollow-links/changelog/	Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8580

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:nofollow_links_project:nofollow_links:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2016-08-03 01:59

Updated : 2025-04-12 10:46

NVD link : CVE-2016-4833

Mitre link : CVE-2016-4833

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2016-4833

JSON object : View

Products Affected

nofollow_links_project

nofollow_links

CWE

CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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