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Mimetic Books <= 0.2.13 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Description

The plugin was vulnerable to Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in the "Default Publisher ID" field on the plugin's settings page.

Proof of Concept

1. Install WordPress 5.7.2
2. Install and activate Mimetic Books
3. Navigate to Settings >> Mimetic Books API and enter the XSS payload into the Default Publisher ID input field.
4. Click Save Changes.
5. You will observe that the payload successfully got stored into the database and when you are triggering the same functionality at that time JavaScript payload is executing successfully and we are getting a pop-up.
6. Payload Used: "><script>alert(document.cookie)</script> 

Affects Plugins

mimetic-books
No known fix - plugin closed

References

CVE
CVE-2021-24548
ExploitDB
50139

Classification

Type

XSS

OWASP top 10
A7: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
CWE
CWE-79

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher

Vikas Srivastava

Submitter website
https://www.linkedin.com/in/007vikaxh
Submitter twitter
007vikaxh
Verified

Yes

WPVDB ID
10660c95-d366-4152-9ce8-b57c57a2ec6c

Timeline

Publicly Published

2021-07-19 (about 1 years ago)

Added

2021-07-19 (about 1 years ago)

Last Updated

2023-01-23 (about 4 months ago)

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