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Wedding Planner v1.0 is vulnerable to arbitrary code execution via users_profile.php.

Wedding Planner v1.0 is vulnerable to Arbitrary code execution via package_edit.php.

By Jon Munshaw and Vanja Svajcer. Microsoft released its monthly security update Tuesday, disclosing 83 vulnerabilities across the company’s hardware and software line, including seven critical issues in Windows’ point-to-point tunneling protocol.  October's security update features 11 critical vulnerabilities, with the remainder being “important.”   One of the most notable vulnerabilities Microsoft fixed this month is CVE-2022-41038, a remote code execution issue in Microsoft SharePoint. There are several other SharePoint vulnerabilities included in this month’s Patch Tuesday, though this seems the most severe, as Microsoft continues it to be “more likely” to be exploited.  An attacker must be authenticated to the target site with the correct permissions to use manage lists in SharePoint to exploit this vulnerability, and eventually gain the ability to execute remote code on the SharePoint server.   CVE-2022-37968, an elevation of privilege vulnerability in Azure Arc Connect, has th...

Microsoft released its monthly security update Tuesday, disclosing 83 vulnerabilities across the company’s hardware and software line.

Microsoft released its monthly security update Tuesday, disclosing 83 vulnerabilities across the company’s hardware and software line.

Metro UI v4.4.0 to v4.5.0 was discovered to contain a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability via the Javascript function.

**What privileges could an attacker gain?** An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain SYSTEM privileges.

**According to the CVSS metric, the attack complexity is high (AC:H). What does that mean for this vulnerability?** Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires an attacker to win a race condition.

**According to the CVSS metric, a successful exploitation could lead to a scope change (S:C). What does this mean for this vulnerability?** In this case, a successful attack could be performed from a low privilege AppContainer. The attacker could elevate their privileges and execute code or access resources at a higher integrity level than that of the AppContainer execution environment.

**What privileges could an attacker gain?** An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain SYSTEM privileges.