XSS

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.” Michał 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 […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 17, 2019
XSS flaw in WordPress Live Chat Plugin lets attackers compromise WP sites

A vulnerability in the Live Chat Support plugin for WordPress could be exploited by attackers to inject malicious scripts in websites using it Researchers at Sucuri have discovered a stored/persistent cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the WP Live Chat Support plugin for WordPress. The flaw could be exploited by remote, unauthenticated attackers to inject malicious […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 02, 2019
Closure JavaScript Library introduced XSS issue in Google Search and potentially other services

A change made months ago in an open-source JavaScript library introduced a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Google Search. The Japanese security researcher Masato Kinugawa discovered an XSS vulnerability in Google Search that was introduced with a change made months ago in an open-source JavaScript library. The library is named Closure and according to the […]