WordPress Plugin Easy Custom Auto Excerpt Cross-Site Scripting - CVE-2018-5311 - Vulnerability Database

WordPress Plugin Easy Custom Auto Excerpt Cross-Site Scripting - CVE-2018-5311

Medium
Reference: CVE-2018-5311
Title: WordPress Plugin Easy Custom Auto Excerpt Cross-Site Scripting
Overview:

WordPress Plugin Easy Custom Auto Excerpt is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input. An attacker may leverage this issue to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This can allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks. WordPress Plugin Easy Custom Auto Excerpt version 2.4.6 is vulnerable prior versions may also be affected.