CVE-2018-16259 — There is an XSS vulnerability in WP All Import plugin 3

There is an XSS vulnerability in WP All Import plugin 3.4.9 for WordPress via pmxi-admin-settings large_feed_limit. NOTE: The vendor states that this is not a vulnerability. WP All Import is only able to be used by a logged in administrator, and the action described can only be t

01What is this vulnerability?

There is an XSS vulnerability in WP All Import plugin 3.4.9 for WordPress via pmxi-admin-settings large_feed_limit. NOTE: The vendor states that this is not a vulnerability. WP All Import is only able to be used by a logged in administrator, and the action described can only be taken advantage of by a logged in administrator

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: 2019-04-12T18:05:35.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-05T10:17:38.454Z

09References

• docs.google.com — https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Lfk0YQMIhlMCOOvVRX8HkU6C50s9QSW7C-9gnNmzsHY/…
• ansawaf.blogspot.com — https://ansawaf.blogspot.com/2019/04/xss-in-import-any-xml-or-csv-file-for.html