CVE-2018-11568 — Reflected XSS is possible in the GamePlan theme through 1

Reflected XSS is possible in the GamePlan theme through 1.5.13.2 for WordPress because of insufficient input sanitization, as demonstrated by the s parameter. In some (but not all) cases, the '<' and '>' characters have &lt; and &gt; representati

01What is this vulnerability?

Reflected XSS is possible in the GamePlan theme through 1.5.13.2 for WordPress because of insufficient input sanitization, as demonstrated by the s parameter. In some (but not all) cases, the '<' and '>' characters have &lt; and &gt; representations.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2018-05-30T22:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-09-16T22:14:30.546Z

09References

• packetstormsecurity.com — https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/143666/WordPress-GamePlan-Event-And-Gym-Fi…