WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
HTML5 Responsive FAQ <= 2.8.5 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Description
The plugin does not properly sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow a high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html is disallowed
Proof of Concept
Put the following payload in the "Text size of answer (in pixels)" settings: </style><script>alert('XSS');</script>
The XSS will be triggered in the footer of all frontend pages
Affects Plugins
No known fix References
CVE
Classification
Type
XSS
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
José Aguilera
Submitter
José Aguilera
Submitter website
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2021-11-23 (about 2 years ago)
Added
2022-02-15 (about 2 years ago)
Last Updated
2022-04-08 (about 2 years ago)
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