WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Page View Counts < 2.4.9 - Contributor+ Stored XSS

Description

The plugin does not escape the postid parameter of pvc_stats shortcode, allowing users with a role as low as Contributor to perform Stored XSS attacks. A post made by a contributor would still have to be approved by an admin to have the XSS triggered in the frontend, however, higher privilege users, such as editor could exploit this without the need of approval, and even when the blog disallows the unfiltered_html capability.

Proof of Concept

Affects Plugins

Fixed in 2.4.9

References

Classification

Type
XSS
CWE

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
apple502j
Submitter
apple502j
Verified
Yes

Timeline

Publicly Published
2021-07-12 (about 4 years ago)
Added
2021-07-12 (about 4 years ago)
Last Updated
2021-08-10 (about 4 years ago)

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