WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
Post Views Counter < 1.3.5 - Authenticated Stored XSS
Description
The plugin does not sanitise or escape its Post Views Label settings, which could allow high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks in the frontend even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed
Proof of Concept
Put the following payload in the Post Views Label settings of the plugin (?wp-admin/options-general.php?page=post-views-counter&tab=display): <script>alert(/XSS/)</script> The XSS will be triggered in any posts (by default), but could also be changed to any pages etc.
Affects Plugins
Fixed in 1.3.5 References
CVE
Classification
Type
XSS
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
Tung Duong Dinh
Submitter
Tung Duong Dinh
Submitter twitter
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2021-08-23 (about 2 years ago)
Added
2021-08-23 (about 2 years ago)
Last Updated
2022-03-07 (about 2 years ago)
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