📄 Description (English)
The Simple Football Scoreboard plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'ytmr_fb_scoreboard' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
🤖 AI Executive Summary
The Simple Football Scoreboard WordPress plugin contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the 'ytmr_fb_scoreboard' shortcode affecting all versions up to 1.0. Authenticated attackers with Contributor-level access can inject malicious scripts that persist and execute for all users viewing affected pages. While currently unpatched, the vulnerability requires authenticated access, limiting immediate risk but posing significant threats to WordPress installations used by Saudi organizations.
📄 Description (Arabic)
🤖 AI Intelligence Analysis Analyzed: May 15, 2026 17:08
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia Impact Assessment
Saudi organizations using WordPress for content management, particularly government agencies, educational institutions, and small-to-medium enterprises, face moderate risk. Government websites and NCSC-regulated entities using this plugin could experience content manipulation and credential theft. The vulnerability is particularly concerning for organizations with multiple contributor-level users, as insider threats or compromised accounts could inject malicious content affecting public-facing websites. Banking and financial sector WordPress implementations are at lower risk unless used for customer-facing portals. Healthcare organizations using WordPress for patient information portals face data exposure risks.
🏢 Affected Saudi Sectors
Government and Public Administration
Education and Universities
Small and Medium Enterprises
Healthcare
Non-Profit Organizations
Media and Publishing
🎯 MITRE ATT&CK Techniques
⚖️ Saudi Risk Score (AI)
5.8
/ 10.0
🔧 Remediation Steps (English)
Immediate Actions:
1. Audit all WordPress installations for the Simple Football Scoreboard plugin presence
2. Review user access logs for any suspicious shortcode modifications by Contributor+ accounts
3. Inspect all pages/posts containing 'ytmr_fb_scoreboard' shortcode for injected scripts
4. Restrict Contributor-level permissions to only trusted users immediately
5. Enable WordPress security logging and monitoring
Compensating Controls (until patch available):
1. Disable the plugin if not actively used; remove from all installations
2. Implement Web Application Firewall (WAF) rules to detect XSS patterns in shortcode attributes
3. Apply Content Security Policy (CSP) headers to prevent inline script execution
4. Use WordPress security plugins (Wordfence, Sucuri) with XSS detection
5. Implement strict input validation at the application level
6. Regularly scan for malicious content using WordPress security scanners
Detection Rules:
1. Monitor for shortcode modifications: [ytmr_fb_scoreboard with script tags or event handlers
2. Alert on Contributor+ user modifications to pages containing this shortcode
3. Search database for patterns: ytmr_fb_scoreboard.*<script, ytmr_fb_scoreboard.*javascript:, ytmr_fb_scoreboard.*on[a-z]+
4. Monitor for unusual post_content modifications in wp_posts table
Patching Strategy:
1. Monitor plugin repository for security updates
2. Contact plugin developer for patch timeline
3. Consider alternative football scoreboard plugins with active security maintenance
4. Plan migration strategy if plugin remains unpatched beyond 30 days
🔧 خطوات المعالجة (العربية)
الإجراءات الفورية:
1. تدقيق جميع تثبيتات ووردبريس للتحقق من وجود مكون Simple Football Scoreboard
2. مراجعة سجلات الوصول للكشف عن أي تعديلات مريبة على الاختصار من قبل حسابات المساهم وما فوقه
3. فحص جميع الصفحات والمنشورات التي تحتوي على اختصار 'ytmr_fb_scoreboard' بحثاً عن برامج نصية محقونة
4. تقييد أذونات مستوى المساهم للمستخدمين الموثوقين فقط على الفور
5. تفعيل تسجيل المراقبة الأمنية في ووردبريس
الضوابط التعويضية (حتى توفر التصحيح):
1. تعطيل المكون إذا لم يكن قيد الاستخدام النشط؛ إزالته من جميع التثبيتات
2. تطبيق قواعد جدار حماية تطبيقات الويب للكشف عن أنماط XSS في سمات الاختصار
3. تطبيق رؤوس سياسة أمان المحتوى لمنع تنفيذ البرامج النصية المضمنة
4. استخدام مكونات أمان ووردبريس (Wordfence, Sucuri) مع كشف XSS
5. تطبيق التحقق الصارم من المدخلات على مستوى التطبيق
6. مسح منتظم للمحتوى الضار باستخدام ماسحات أمان ووردبريس
قواعد الكشف:
1. مراقبة تعديلات الاختصار: [ytmr_fb_scoreboard مع علامات script أو معالجات الأحداث
2. تنبيه عند تعديلات المستخدم من مستوى المساهم+ للصفحات التي تحتوي على هذا الاختصار
3. البحث في قاعدة البيانات عن الأنماط: ytmr_fb_scoreboard.*<script, ytmr_fb_scoreboard.*javascript:, ytmr_fb_scoreboard.*on[a-z]+
4. مراقبة تعديلات post_content غير العادية في جدول wp_posts
استراتيجية التصحيح:
1. مراقبة مستودع المكون للتحديثات الأمنية
2. الاتصال بمطور المكون للحصول على جدول زمني للتصحيح
3. النظر في مكونات scoreboard بديلة مع صيانة أمان نشطة
4. التخطيط لاستراتيجية الهجرة إذا ظل المكون بدون تصحيح لأكثر من 30 يوماً
📋 Regulatory Compliance Mapping
🟢 NCA ECC 2024
ECC 2024 A.14.2.1 - Information security requirements for supplier relationships
ECC 2024 A.5.1.1 - Policies for information security
ECC 2024 A.12.6.1 - Management of technical vulnerabilities
🔵 SAMA CSF
ID.GV-1 - Organizational processes to manage cybersecurity risk
PR.DS-1 - Data security and privacy protections
DE.CM-1 - The network is monitored to detect potential cybersecurity events
🟡 ISO 27001:2022
A.12.6.1 - Management of technical vulnerabilities
A.14.2.1 - Supplier security requirements
A.5.1.1 - Information security policies
🟣 PCI DSS v4.0.1
Requirement 6.2 - Security patches must be installed within defined timeframe
🔗 References & Sources 3
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https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-football-score-board/tags/1.0/ytmr_si...
security@wordfence.com
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-football-score-board/trunk/ytmr_simpl...
security@wordfence.com
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/48c114d7-3d53-4157-a335-19cf4...
security@wordfence.com