Check Point Advisories

WordPress Calculated Fields Form Plugin Cross Site Scripting (CVE-2020-7228)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2020-0467
Date Published: 31 May 2020
Severity: High
Last Updated: Monday 18 November, 2024
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2020-7228
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable? Calculated Fields Form plugin
Vulnerability Description A stored cross-site scripting vulnerability exists in Calculated Fields Form plugin of WordPress. The vulnerability is due to insufficient sanitization of user input to "field name" and "form name" of a form in the web application of the plugin.

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 R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the WordPress Calculated Fields Form Plugin Cross Site Scripting (CVE-2020-7228) 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 Calculated Fields Form Plugin Cross Site Scripting (CVE-2020-7228)

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