Check Point Advisories

WordPress Colorbox Plugin Persistent Cross-Site Scripting

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2020-0821
Date Published: 10 Sep 2020
Severity: High
Last Updated: Thursday 10 September, 2020
Source:
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable? WordPress Colorbox Lightbox Plugin v1.1.2 and below
Vulnerability Description A cross-site scripting vulnerability exists in WordPress Colorbox Lightbox plugin. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability would allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script into 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 Colorbox Plugin Persistent 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 Colorbox Plugin Persistent Cross-Site Scripting

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