WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Google Authenticator < 1.0.8 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Description

The plugin does not escape its settings, allowing high privilege users such as admin to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html is disallowed

Proof of Concept

Put the following payload in the Account Name settings and click on the 'Change App name' button: " autofocus onfocus=alert(/XSS/)//

Affects Plugins

References

Classification

Type
XSS
CWE
CVSS

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Niraj Mahajan
Submitter
Niraj Mahajan
Submitter twitter
Verified
Yes

Timeline

Publicly Published
2022-06-06 (about 1 years ago)
Added
2022-06-06 (about 1 years ago)
Last Updated
2023-03-07 (about 1 years ago)

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