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Alexander Schatten as a guest at Ö1 (matrix): Do we lose control over essential IT systems?

February 6, 2020

Alexander Schatten speaks with different experts about the current situation of complex and globally used IT systems. The participants try to answer the main question: Do we lose control over essential IT systems? Furthermore, what are the main reasons and their visible effects? A large number of topics were… Read More

SBA Security Advisory – WordPress Plugin – All in One SEO Pack – Stored XSS (CVE-2019-16520)

October 23, 2019

The all-in-one-seo-pack plugin before 3.2.7 for WordPress (aka All in One SEO Pack) is susceptible to Stored XSS due to improper encoding of the SEO-specific description for posts provided by the plugin via unsafe placeholder replacement. We recommend to update the all-in-one-seo-pack plugin to version 3.2.7 or later. For further details, see the full security advisory. Read More

SBA Security Advisory – WordPress Plugin – Broken Link Checker – Reflected XSS (CVE-2019-16521)

October 23, 2019

The broken-link-checker plugin through 1.11.8 for WordPress (aka Broken Link Checker) is susceptible to Reflected XSS due to improper encoding and insertion of an HTTP GET parameter into HTML. The filter function on the page listing all detected broken links can be exploited by providing an XSS payload in the s_filter GET parameter in a filter_id=search request. NOTE: this is an end-of-life product. Read More

SBA Security Advisory – WordPress Plugin – EU Cookie Law (GDPR) – Stored XSS (CVE-2019-16522)

October 23, 2019

The eu-cookie-law plugin through 3.0.6 for WordPress (aka EU Cookie Law (GDPR)) is susceptible to Stored XSS due to improper encoding of several configuration options in the admin area and the displayed cookie consent message. This affects Font Color, Background Color, and the Disable Cookie text. An attacker with high privileges can attack other users. Read More

SBA Security Advisory – WordPress Plugin – Events Manager – Stored XSS (CVE-2019-16523)

October 23, 2019

The events-manager plugin through 5.9.5 for WordPress (aka Events Manager) is susceptible to Stored XSS due to improper encoding and insertion of data provided to the attribute map_style of shortcodes (locations_map and events_map) provided by the plugin. Read More

SBA Security Advisory – Easy FancyBox WordPress Plugin – Stored Cross-site Scripting (XSS) (CVE-2019-16524)

September 25, 2019

The Easy FancyBox WordPress Plugin Version 1.8.17 is susceptible to Stored Cross-site Scripting in the Settings > Media admin page /wp-admin/options-media.php due to improper encoding of arbitrarily submitted setting parameters. The vulnerability affects every publicly accessible page of the WordPress site. We recommend to update Easy FancyBox WordPress Plugin to version 1.8.18 or later. For further details, see the full security advisory. Read More

SBA Security Advisory – Ping Identity Agentless Integration Kit – Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) (CVE-2019-13564)

September 6, 2019

Ping Identity Agentless Integration Kit before 1.5 is susceptible to Reflected Cross-site Scripting at the /as/authorization.oauth2 endpoint due to improper encoding of an arbitrarily submitted HTTP GET parameter name. We recommend to update Ping Identity Agentless Integration Kit to version 1.5 or later. For further details, see the full security advisory. Read More

SBA Security Advisory – Teltonika RUT9XX – Unauthenticated OS Command Injection (CVE-2018-17533)

October 12, 2018

Teltonika RUT9XX routers with firmware before 00.05.01.1 are prone to cross-site scripting vulnerabilities in hotspotlogin.cgi due to insufficient user input sanitization. We recommend to update Teltonika RUT9XX routers to version RUT9XX_R_00.04.233 or later. For further details, see the full security advisory. Read More

SBA Security Advisory – Teltonika RUT9XX – Missing Access Control to UART Root Terminal (CVE-2018-17534)

October 12, 2018

Teltonika RUT9XX routers with firmware before 00.04.233 provide a root terminal on a serial interface without proper access control. This allows attackers with physical access to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges. We recommend to update Teltonika RUT9XX routers to version RUT9XX_R_00.04.233 or later. For further details, see the full security advisory. Read More

SBA Security Advisory – Teltonika RUT9XX – Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (CVE-2018-17532)

October 12, 2018

Teltonika RUT9XX routers with firmware before 00.04.233 are prone to multiple unauthenticated OS command injection vulnerabilities in autologin.cgi and hotspotlogin.cgi due to insufficient user input sanitization. This allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges. We recommend to update Teltonika RUT9XX routers to version RUT9XX_R_00.05.01.1 or later. For further details, see the full security advisory. Read More

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Alexander Schatten as a guest at Ö1 (matrix): Do we lose control over essential IT systems?

SBA Security Advisory – WordPress Plugin – All in One SEO Pack – Stored XSS (CVE-2019-16520)

SBA Security Advisory – WordPress Plugin – Broken Link Checker – Reflected XSS (CVE-2019-16521)

SBA Security Advisory – WordPress Plugin – EU Cookie Law (GDPR) – Stored XSS (CVE-2019-16522)

SBA Security Advisory – WordPress Plugin – Events Manager – Stored XSS (CVE-2019-16523)

SBA Security Advisory – Easy FancyBox WordPress Plugin – Stored Cross-site Scripting (XSS) (CVE-2019-16524)

SBA Security Advisory – Ping Identity Agentless Integration Kit – Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) (CVE-2019-13564)

SBA Security Advisory – Teltonika RUT9XX – Unauthenticated OS Command Injection (CVE-2018-17533)

SBA Security Advisory – Teltonika RUT9XX – Missing Access Control to UART Root Terminal (CVE-2018-17534)

SBA Security Advisory – Teltonika RUT9XX – Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (CVE-2018-17532)

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