WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
Sociable <= 4.3.4.1 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Description
The plugin does not sanitise or escape some of its settings before outputting them in the admins dashboard, allowing high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks against other users even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed
Proof of Concept
Put the following payload in the "Background Color" or "Labels Color" Skyscraper settings of the plugin in the (/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=skyscraper_options): "><script>alert(/XSS/)</script> Other settings might be affected as well
Affects Plugins
No known fix References
CVE
Classification
Type
XSS
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
Genubhau Wayal
Submitter
Genubhau Wayal
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2021-09-20 (about 2 years ago)
Added
2021-09-20 (about 2 years ago)
Last Updated
2022-04-08 (about 2 years ago)
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