WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
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
References
CVE
Exploitdb
Classification
Type
XSS
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
Vikas Srivastava
Submitter website
Submitter twitter
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2021-07-19 (about 2 years ago)
Added
2021-07-19 (about 2 years ago)
Last Updated
2023-01-23 (about 10 months ago)