XSS

Pierluigi Paganini September 21, 2020
Discount Rules for WooCommerce WordPress plugin gets patch once again

It has happened again, users of the Discount Rules for WooCommerce WordPress plugin have to install a third patch to fix 2 high-severity XSS flaws. Developers of the Discount Rules for WooCommerce WordPress plugin have revealed for the third time a security patch to address two high-severity cross-site scripting (XSS) flaws that could be exploited […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 17, 2020
Drupal addressed XSS and information disclosure flaws

Drupal maintainers addressed several information disclosure and cross-site scripting (XSS) flaws in the popular content management system (CMS). Drupal maintainers addressed several information disclosure and cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the popular content management system (CMS). The most severe issue, tracked as CVE-2020-13668, is a critical reflected XSS issue affecting Drupal 8 and 9. Let’s remind that Drupal uses […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 12, 2020
Popular Page Builder WordPress plugin fixes critical issues. Update it now!

Two issues in the popular Page Builder by SiteOrigin WordPress plugin could be exploited to carry out code execution attacks on vulnerable websites. Two high severity vulnerabilities found in the Page Builder WordPress can be exploited by attackers to create new admin accounts and deliver malicious code taking over the compromised websites. The vulnerabilities are a Cross-Site Request […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 20, 2020
Drupal addresses two XSS flaws by updating the CKEditor

Drupal developers released security updates for versions 8.8.x and 8.7.x that fix two XSS vulnerabilities affecting the CKEditor library. The Drupal development team has released security updates for versions 8.8.x and 8.7.x that address two XSS vulnerabilities that affect the CKEditor library. CKEditor is the far superior successor of FCKeditor, it is a popular, highly […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 18, 2019
Google addressed an XSS flaw in Gmail

Google addressed an XSS vulnerability in Gmail, the IT staff at Google defined the vulnerability as “awesome.” MichaƂ Bentkowski, Chief Security Researcher from security frim Securitum, found an XSS vulnerability in Gmail and responsibly disclosed it this week after Google has addressed it.  The flaw, described by Google IT staff as an awesome XSS issue, resides […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 10, 2019
SAP October 2019 Security Patch Day fixes 2 critical flaws

SAP addressed two critical vulnerabilities (Hot News) as part of the October 2019 Security Patch Day. SAP has released its October 2019 Security Patch Day updates that also address two critical vulnerabilities (Hot News) with CVSS scores of 9.3 and 9.1. The October 2019 Security Patch Day also includes a High Priority Note addressing Binary Planting […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 29, 2019
WordPress Plugin Facebook Widget affected by authenticated XSS

Security experts at Plugin Vulnerabilities have discovered an authenticated Persistent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) flaw in Facebook Widget. Researchers at Plugin Vulnerabilities have discovered an authenticated Persistent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) flaw in the Facebook Widget (Widget for Facebook Page Feeds). The plugin is one of the 1,000 most popular plugins and it was closed on the […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 17, 2019
Expert was awarded $10,000 for disclosing XSS flaw to Tesla

Tesla paid $10,000 a researcher that found a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability that could have been exploited to change vehicle information. The security researcher Sam Curry has earned $10,000 from Tesla after reporting a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) flaw that could have been exploited to obtain vehicle information and potentially modify it. Curry discovered […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 23, 2019
Expert released PoC for Outlook for Android flaw addressed by Microsoft

Security researcher from F5 Networks that released more details and proof-of-concept for the recently addressed flaw in Outlook for Android. Microsoft has recently addressed an important vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2019-1105, in Outlook for Android, that potentially affected over 100 million users. The vulnerability is a stored cross-site scripting issue that is related to the way […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 16, 2019
XSS flaw would have allowed hackers access to Google’s network and impersonate its employees

Bug hunter Thomas Orlita discovered an XSS vulnerability in Google’s Invoice Submission Portal that would have allowed attackers access to Google’s internal network The Czech researcher Thomas Orlita discovered an XSS vulnerability in Google’s Invoice Submission Portal that would have allowed attackers access to part of Google’s internal network. The Google Invoice Submission Portal is […]