WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

PrePost SEO <= 3.0 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Description

The plugin does not properly sanitize some of its settings, which could allow high-privilege users to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)

Proof of Concept

1. Add XSS payload to plugin's "Account API key" setting: "><iframe src="<svg onload=alert(4);>">

2. Save and see XSS exploit.

Affects Plugins

No known fix

References

Classification

Type
XSS
CWE
CVSS

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Taurus Omar
Submitter
Taurus Omar
Submitter website
Submitter twitter
Verified
Yes

Timeline

Publicly Published
2023-06-19 (about 10 months ago)
Added
2023-06-19 (about 10 months ago)
Last Updated
2023-06-19 (about 10 months ago)

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