WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
Sitewide Notice WP < 2.3 - Admin+ Stored XSS
Description
The plugin does not sanitise some of its settings before outputting them in frontend pages, allowing high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed
Proof of Concept
Put the following payload in the Message setting of the plugin: <script>alert(/XSS/)</script> The XSS will be triggered in all frontend pages
Affects Plugins
Fixed in 2.3 References
Classification
Type
XSS
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
Asif Nawaz Minhas
Submitter
Asif Nawaz Minhas
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2021-08-02 (about 2 years ago)
Added
2021-08-02 (about 2 years ago)
Last Updated
2023-04-12 (about 1 years ago)
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