Reported vulnerability
Mona Lisa <= 2.1.2 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
Published 2 Jul 2020
Updated 22 Jan 2024
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Wordfence advisory
medium · CVSS 6.1The Mona Lisa theme for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘state’ parameter in versions up to, and including, 2.1.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Severity vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Mona Lisa
- Software
- theme · monalisa
- Affected versions
- Start version unspecified, through 2.1.2
- Fix availability
- Fix available
- Fixed versions
- 2.1.3
Recommended action
Update to version 2.1.3, or a newer patched version
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Which versions of Mona Lisa are affected?
Wordfence lists these affected versions: Start version unspecified, through 2.1.2. Use the version checker above to compare your installed release with this report.
Is a fix available for Mona Lisa?
Wordfence reports a fix for this issue in Mona Lisa. It lists these fixed versions: 2.1.3. Back up your website and test the recommended update before applying it to your live site.
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