WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
WP Event Manager < 3.1.23 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Description
The plugin does not escape some of its Field Editor settings when outputting them, allowing high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed
Proof of Concept
Go to "Field Editor" page. Put the following XSS payload into the "Placeholder / Options" field and save the changes: abc"><script>alert('xss')</script> The XSS will be triggered when accessing the page again.
Affects Plugins
References
CVE
Classification
Type
XSS
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
Huy Nguyen
Submitter
Huy Nguyen
Submitter website
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2022-02-14 (about 2 years ago)
Added
2022-02-14 (about 2 years ago)
Last Updated
2022-04-08 (about 2 years ago)