XSS JAN 2023 – Cross-Site Scripting JAN 2023
Tailored WordPress Security Report
Be informed about the latest Cross-Site Scripting JAN 2023, identified and reported publicly. As these XSS JAN 2023 vulnerabilities have a severe negative impact on any WordPress Security, consider our security audit.
An estimated 4.513.000+ active WordPress installations were susceptible to these attack types, considering only the publicly disclosed and available numbers. It is a +61% INCREASE as targeted Cross-Site Scripting compared to last month. The estimated number can increase by 20-25% with premium versions as they are private purchases.
Furthermore, the initial estimation can triple if we consider (1) the already patched versions BUT NOT UPDATED by owners, as the vulnerability remains active within their domain; and (2) the closed “uncounted” versions remain active on domains already running the plugins, as nobody is maintaining security. As these owners start changing their hosting provider (due to constant unexplained issues), they actively migrate these vulnerabilities behind new / protected areas, possibly exposing other clean WP to different attack types.
The following cases made headlines PUBLICLY in the XSS JAN 2023 category:
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- Superio – Job Board WordPress Theme – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- Active installations: 3,000+
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- 1app Business Forms – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- This plugin has been closed as of December 1, 2022 and is not available for download. This closure is temporary, pending a full review.
- Consider for your online safety, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP Security Plugin – OR – Hire professionals for tailored WP Security.
- Apptivo Business Site CRM – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- This plugin has been closed as of December 1, 2022 and is not available for download. This closure is temporary, pending a full review.
- Consider for your online safety, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP Security Plugin – OR – Hire professionals for tailored WP Security.
- All in One Time Clock Lite – A WordPress Employee Time Tracking Plugin – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- This plugin has been closed as of December 1, 2022 and is not available for download. This closure is temporary, pending a full review.
- Consider for your online safety, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP Security Plugin – OR – Hire professionals for tailored WP Security.
- Sliderby10Web – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- Active installations: 30.000+
- Paytium: Mollie payment forms & donations – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- This plugin has been closed as of November 22, 2022 and is not available for download. This closure is temporary, pending a full review.
- Consider for your online safety, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP Security Plugin – OR – Hire professionals for tailored WP Security.
- Sunshine Photo Cart – Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
- Sunshine Photo Cart – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- Sunshine Photo Cart – Broken Access Control
- Active installations: 1.000+
- Afterpay Gateway for WooCommerce – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- Active installations: 3.000+
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- Chained Quiz
– Multiple different Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) - Chained Quiz
– Authenthicated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) via Mailchimp API Key - Chained Quiz
– Authenthicated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) via Facebook App ID - Chained Quiz
– CrossSite Request Forgery (CSRF) leading to Question Deletion - Chained Quiz
– CrossSite Request Forgery (CSRF) leading to Submitted Response Deletion - Chained Quiz
– CrossSite Request Forgery (CSRF) leading to Arbitrary Quiz Deletion and Copying- Active installations: 2.000+
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- GD bbPress Attachments – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- Active installations: 10.000+
- Loginizer – Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
- Loginizer – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- Active installations: 1+ million
- Consider for your online safety, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP Security Plugin – OR – Hire professionals for tailored WP Security.
- Login with Cognito – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- Active installations: 50+
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- WP Social Sharing – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- WP Social Sharing – Sensitive Data Exposure
- This plugin has been closed as of December 6, 2022 and is not available for download. This closure is temporary, pending a full review.
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- GC Testimonials – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
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- This plugin has been closed as of December 2, 2022 and is not available for download. This closure is temporary, pending a full review.
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- WP Calendar – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- This plugin has been closed as of December 2, 2022 and is not available for download. This closure is temporary, pending a full review.
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- WP-Table Reloaded – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- This plugin has been closed as of November 10, 2019 and is not available for download. This closure is permanent. Reason: Author Request.
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- Paid Membership, Ecommerce, Registration Form, Login Form, User Profile, Paywall & Restrict Content – ProfilePress – PHP Object Injection
- Paid Membership, Ecommerce, Registration Form, Login Form, User Profile, Paywall & Restrict Content – ProfilePress – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- Active installations: 300.000+
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- Consider for your online privacy, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP GDPR Plugin – OR – Hire professionals for tailored WP GDPR.
- Image Hover Effects Ultimate (Image Gallery, Effects, Lightbox, Comparison or Magnifier) – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- Active installations: 20.000+
- Permalink Manager Lite – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- Active installations: 70.000+
- Mesmerize Companion – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- Active installations: 100.000+
- WP CSV – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- This plugin has been closed as of December 9, 2022 and is not available for download. This closure is temporary, pending a full review.
- Consider for your online safety, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP Security Plugin – OR – Hire professionals for tailored WP Security.
- Consider for your online disaster recovery, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP Backup Plugin – OR – Hire professionals for tailored WP Backup.
- Smash Balloon Social Post Feed – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- Active installations: 100.000+
- Post Status Notifier Lite – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- Active installations: 1.000+
- Download Manager – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- Active installations: 100.000+
- Consider for your online safety, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP Security Plugin – OR – Hire professionals for tailored WP Security.
- Consider for your online privacy, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP GDPR Plugin – OR – Hire professionals for tailored WP GDPR.
- Metricool – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- Active installations: 40.000+
- Consider for your online vigilance, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP Monitoring Plugin – OR – Hire professionals for tailored WP Monitoring.
- WOOCS – Currency Switcher for WooCommerce Professional – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- Active installations: 70.000+
- Consider for your online shop, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WooCommerce Plugin – OR – Hire professionals for tailored WooCommerce.
- WordPress Events Calendar Plugin – connectDaily – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- Active installations: 200+
- Slimstat Analytics – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- Active installations: 100.000+
- Consider for your online vigilance, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP Monitoring Plugin – OR – Hire professionals for tailored WP Monitoring.
- Jetpack CRM – Clients, Leads, Invoices, Billing, Email Marketing, & Automation – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- Active installations: 30.000+
- Consider for your online safety, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP Security Plugin – OR – Hire professionals for tailored WP Security.
- Table of Contents Plus – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- Active installations: 300.000+
- WP Recipe Maker – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- Active installations: 50.000+
- 404 to Start – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- This plugin has been closed as of December 9, 2022 and is not available for download. This closure is temporary, pending a full review.
- Consider for your online safety, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP Security Plugin – OR – Hire professionals for tailored WP Security.
- Consider for your online ranking, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP SEO Plugin – OR – Hire professionals for tailored WP SEO.
- WP User – Custom Registration Forms, Login and User Profile – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- This plugin has been closed as of December 1, 2022 and is not available for download. This closure is temporary, pending a full review.
- Consider for your online safety, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP Security Plugin – OR – Hire professionals for tailored WP Security.
- Vision Interactive For WordPress – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- Active installations: 4.000+
- iPages Flipbook For WordPress – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- Active installations: 2.000+
- ImageLinks Interactive Image Builder for WordPress – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- Active installations: 3.000+
- iPanorama 360 WordPress Virtual Tour Builder – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- Active installations: 7.000+
- Multi Step Form – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- Active installations: 10.000+
- Bg Bible References – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- This plugin has been closed as of December 16, 2022 and is not available for download. This closure is temporary, pending a full review.
- Consider for your online safety, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP Security Plugin – OR – Hire professionals for tailored WP Security.
- Simple Membership – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- Active installations: 50.000+
- Meteor Slides – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- This plugin has been closed as of December 20, 2022 and is not available for download. This closure is temporary, pending a full review.
- Consider for your online safety, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP Security Plugin – OR – Hire professionals for tailored WP Security.
- WP Attachments – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- This plugin has been closed as of December 13, 2022 and is not available for download. This closure is temporary, pending a full review.
- Consider for your online safety, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP Security Plugin – OR – Hire professionals for tailored WP Security.
- Social Sharing Plugin – Sassy Social Share – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- Active installations: 100.000+
- Custom Post Types and Custom Fields creator – WCK – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- Active installations: 20.000+
- Seriously Simple Podcasting – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- Active installations: 30.000+
- Page scroll to id – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- Active installations: 100.000+
- Insert Pages – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- Active installations: 40.000+
- Sidebar Widgets by CodeLights – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- This plugin has been closed as of December 13, 2022 and is not available for download. This closure is temporary, pending a full review.
- Consider for your online safety, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP Security Plugin – OR – Hire professionals for tailored WP Security.
- GeoDirectory – WordPress Business Directory Plugin and Classified Ads Listings – CSV Injection
- GeoDirectory – WordPress Business Directory Plugin and Classified Ads Listings – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- Active installations: 10.000+
- Click to Chat – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- Active installations: 400.000+
- WP Video Lightbox – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- Active installations: 50.000+
- 3D FlipBook – PDF Flipbook Viewer, Flipbook Image Gallery – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- Active installations: 70.000+
- Real Testimonials – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- Active installations: 40.000+
- Font Awesome – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- Active installations: 300.000+
- Video Conferencing with Zoom – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- Active installations: 20.000+
- Carousel, Slider, Gallery by WP Carousel – Image Carousel & Photo Gallery, Post Carousel & Post Grid, Product Carousel & Product Grid for WooCommerce – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- Active installations: 50.000+
- Consider for your online shop, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WooCommerce Plugin – OR – Hire professionals for tailored WooCommerce.
- Survey Maker – Best WordPress Survey Plugin – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- Active installations: 2.000+
- Real Cookie Banner: GDPR (DSGVO) & ePrivacy Cookie Consent – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- Active installations: 100.000+
- Consider for your online privacy, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP GDPR Plugin – OR – Hire professionals for tailored WP GDPR.
- Social Media Share Buttons | MashShare – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- Active installations: 30.000+
- Welcart e-Commerce – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- Active installations: 20.000+
- Greenshift – animation and page builder blocks – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- Active installations: 10.000+
- Show All Comments – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- Active installations: 900+
- RSSImport – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- This plugin has been closed as of December 22, 2022 and is not available for download. This closure is temporary, pending a full review.
- Social Share, Social Login and Social Comments Plugin – Super Socializer – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- Active installations: 40.000+
- Justified Gallery – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- This plugin has been closed as of December 22, 2022 and is not available for download. This closure is temporary, pending a full review.
- Consider for your online safety, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP Security Plugin – OR – Hire professionals for tailored WP Security.
- Waiting: One-click countdowns – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- Waiting: One-click countdowns – Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
- This plugin has been closed as of December 19, 2022 and is not available for download. This closure is temporary, pending a full review.
- Consider for your online safety, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP Security Plugin – OR – Hire professionals for tailored WP Security.
- Landing Page Builder – Lead Page – Optin Page – Squeeze Page – WordPress Landing Pages – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- Active installations: 10.000+
- Easy Social Feed – Social Photos Gallery – Post Feed – Like Box – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- Active installations: 70.000+
- پلاگین پرداخت دلخواه – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- Active installations: 1.000+
- WordPress Simple Shopping Cart – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- Active installations: 20.000+
- Consider for your online safety, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP Security Plugin – OR – Hire professionals for tailored WP Security.
- Consider for your online shop, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WooCommerce Plugin – OR – Hire professionals for tailored WooCommerce.
- Easy Appointments – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- Active installations: 20.000+
- Page-list – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- Active installations: 40.000+
- Consider for your online safety, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP Security Plugin – OR – Hire professionals for tailored WP Security.
- Sitemap – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- Active installations: 30.000+
- Consider for your online safety, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP Security Plugin – OR – Hire professionals for tailored WP Security.
- Login Logout Menu – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- Active installations: 20.000+
- Consider for your online safety, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP Security Plugin – OR – Hire professionals for tailored WP Security.
- Rate my Post – WP Rating System – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- Active installations: 20.000+
- EU Cookie Law for GDPR/CCPA – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- This plugin has been closed as of December 23, 2022 and is not available for download. This closure is temporary, pending a full review.
- Consider for your online safety, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP Security Plugin – OR – Hire professionals for tailored WP Security.
- Consider for your online privacy, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP GDPR Plugin – OR – Hire professionals for tailored WP GDPR.
- Easy Bootstrap Shortcode – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- This plugin has been closed as of December 16, 2022 and is not available for download. This closure is temporary, pending a full review.
- Consider for your online safety, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP Security Plugin – OR – Hire professionals for tailored WP Security.
- Compact WP Audio Player – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- Active installations: 30.000+
- Search & Filter – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- Active installations: 50.000+
- HashBar – WordPress Notification Bar – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- Active installations: 10.000+
- Mongoose Page Plugin – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- Active installations: 20.000+
- Collapse-O-Matic – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- Active installations: 60.000+
- ShiftNav – Responsive Mobile Menu – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- Active installations: 20.000+
- OneClick Chat to Order – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- Active installations: 30.000+
- Print-O-Matic – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- Active installations: 10.000+
- Structured Content (JSON-LD) #wpsc – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- Active installations: 20.000+
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- WP Popups – WordPress Popup builder – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- Active installations: 30.000+
- Product Slider for WooCommerce – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- Active installations: 20.000+
- Consider for your online shop, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WooCommerce Plugin – OR – Hire professionals for tailored WooCommerce.
- Word Balloon – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- Active installations: 10.000+
- WPZOOM Portfolio – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- Active installations: 10.000+
- Top 10 – Popular posts plugin for WordPress – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- Active installations: 30.000+
- Genesis Columns Advanced – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- Active installations: 10.000+
- 10WebMapBuilder – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- Active installations: 10.000+
- Content Control – User Access Restriction Plugin – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- Active installations: 3.000+
- Auto Publish for Google My Business – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- Active installations: 10.000+
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- Passster – Password Protection – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- Passster – Password Protection – Broken Access Control
- Active installations: 10.000+
- Consider for your online safety, switching with a TOP10LIST alternative WP Security Plugin – OR – Hire professionals for tailored WP Security.
- GS Logo Slider – Ticker, Grid, List, Table & Filter Views – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- Active installations: 20.000+
- Store Locator WordPress – Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- Active installations: 10.000+
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BRIEF: Cross-Site Scripting JAN 2023 is a type of security vulnerability typically found in web applications. XSS attacks enable attackers to inject client-side scripts into web pages viewed by other users. A cross-site scripting vulnerability may be used by attackers to bypass access controls such as the same-origin policy.
What is Cross-Site Scripting JAN 2023?
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks are a type of injection, in which malicious scripts are injected into otherwise benign and trusted websites. XSS attacks occur when an attacker uses a web application to send malicious code, generally in the form of a browser side script, to a different end user. Flaws that allow these attacks to succeed are quite widespread and occur anywhere a web application uses input from a user within the output it generates without validating or encoding it.
An attacker can use XSS to send a malicious script to an unsuspecting user. The end user’s browser has no way to know that the script should not be trusted, and will execute the script. Because it thinks the script came from a trusted source, the malicious script can access any cookies, session tokens, or other sensitive information retained by the browser and used with that site. These scripts can even rewrite the content of the HTML page.
What is the impact of a XSS JAN 2023 attack?
The actual impact of an XSS attack generally depends on the nature of the application, its functionality and data, and the status of the compromised user. For example:
– In a simple public application, where all users are anonymous and all information is public, the impact will often be minimal. Nothing else to steal.
– In an application holding sensitive or private/personal data, such as banking transactions, emails, or healthcare records, the impact will usually be serious.
– If the compromised user has elevated privileges within the application, then the impact will generally be critical, allowing the attacker to take full control of the vulnerable application and compromise all users, owners and their data.
What kind of XSS attacks are exploited?
– Reflected XSS, where the malicious script comes from the current HTTP request.
– Stored XSS, where the malicious script comes from the website’s database.
– DOM-based XSS, where the vulnerability exists in client-side code rather than server-side code.
SOLVE TODAY any reported XSS JAN 2023 vulnerability! Do you suspect any Cross-Site Scripting JAN 2023 in your WordPress / WooCommerce?
