Check Point Advisories

WordPress Statistics Cross Site Scripting

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2017-0548
Date Published: 4 Jul 2017
Severity: Critical
Last Updated: Monday 04 September, 2017
Source:
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable? WordPress Statistics Plugin versions prior to 12.0.8.1
Vulnerability Description A XSS injection vulnerability exists in WordPress Statistics Plugin. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability would allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the affected system.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R80 / R77 / R75

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the WordPress Statistics Cross Site Scripting protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  WordPress Enforcement Protection.
Attack Information:  WordPress Statistics Cross Site Scripting

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