WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Outdated php-mod/curl Library - Unauthenticated Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Description

The original submission stated that the HT Slider Range for Amazon affiliates plugin for WordPress had a reflected XSS vulnerability. After investigation (WPScanTeam), the cause was found to be test files from the php-mod/curl library, which was missing appropriate response headers before outputting user input. We contacted the vendor of the library, which issued a fix (v2.3.2) within a few hours. In the meantime, the entire WordPress plugins repository was scanned for the affected files and 4 additional plugins were identified to be affected as well

Proof of Concept

Affects Plugins

References

Classification

Type
XSS
CWE

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Frank Liauw
Submitter
Frank Liauw
Submitter twitter
Verified
Yes

Timeline

Publicly Published
2021-04-16 (about 4 years ago)
Added
2021-04-16 (about 4 years ago)
Last Updated
2021-04-19 (about 4 years ago)

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