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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.902505
Category:Web application abuses
Title:WordPress Ajax Category Dropdown Plugin Cross Site Scripting and SQL Injection Vulnerabilities
Summary:WordPress Ajax Category Dropdown Plugin is prone to cross site scripting and SQL injection vulnerabilities.
Description:Summary:
WordPress Ajax Category Dropdown Plugin is prone to cross site scripting and SQL injection vulnerabilities.

Vulnerability Insight:
The flaw is due to failure in the '/wp-content/plugins/
ajax-category-dropdown/includes/dhat-ajax-cat-dropdown-request.php' script to
properly sanitize user-supplied input.

Vulnerability Impact:
Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to steal cookie

- based authentication credentials, compromise the application, access or modify
data, or exploit latent vulnerabilities in the underlying database.

Affected Software/OS:
WordPress Ajax Category Dropdown Plugin version 0.1.5

Solution:
No known solution was made available for at least one year
since the disclosure of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore.
General solution options are to upgrade to a newer release, disable respective
features, remove the product or replace the product by another one.

CVSS Score:
5.0

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

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