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WordPress Ajax Category Dropdown Plugin Cross Site Scripting and SQL Injection Vulnerabilities
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
This host is running WordPress Ajax Category Dropdown Plugin and is prone to cross site scripting and SQL injection vulnerabilities.
Insight
Insight
The flaw is due to failure in the '/wp-content/plugins/ ajax-category-dropdown/includes/dhat-ajax-cat-dropdown-request.php' script to properly sanitize user-supplied input.
Affected Software
Affected Software
WordPress Ajax Category Dropdown Plugin version 0.1.5
Solution
Solution
No known solution was made available for at least one year since the disclosure of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore. General solution options are to upgrade to a newer release, disable respective features, remove the product or replace the product by another one.