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National Vulnerability Database

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CVE-2016-15027 Detail

Description

A vulnerability was found in meta4creations Post Duplicator Plugin 2.18 on WordPress. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is the function mtphr_post_duplicator_notice of the file includes/notices.php. The manipulation of the argument post-duplicated leads to cross site scripting. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Upgrading to version 2.19 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is ca67c05e490c0cf93a1e9b2d93bfeff3dd96f594. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-221496.


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Hyperlink Resource
https://github.com/meta4creations/post-duplicator/commit/ca67c05e490c0cf93a1e9b2d93bfeff3dd96f594 Patch 
https://github.com/meta4creations/post-duplicator/commit/ca67c05e490c0cf93a1e9b2d93bfeff3dd96f594 Patch 
https://github.com/meta4creations/post-duplicator/releases/tag/2.19 Release Notes 
https://github.com/meta4creations/post-duplicator/releases/tag/2.19 Release Notes 
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.221496 Permissions Required  Third Party Advisory 
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.221496 Permissions Required  Third Party Advisory 
https://vuldb.com/?id.221496 Third Party Advisory 
https://vuldb.com/?id.221496 Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') cwe source acceptance level NIST   VulDB  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-15027
NVD Published Date:
02/20/2023
NVD Last Modified:
11/20/2024
Source:
VulDB