WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Colorbox Lightbox < 1.1.5 - Contributor+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Description

The ‘hyperlink’ field in used while linking an image from a URL was found to be vulnerable to stored XSS, as they did not sanitize user given input properly before publishing the post. It is triggered when a users loads a page where the plugin shortcode is used.

Proof of Concept

Affects Plugins

Plugin icon
wp-colorbox
Fixed in 1.1.5

References

Exploitdb
48919
URL
https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/#158882/
URL
https://melbin.in/2020/08/14/stored-xss-vulnerability-in-wordpress-colorbox-lightbox-plugin/

Classification

Type
XSS
OWASP top 10
A7: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
CWE
CWE-79
CVSS
6.8 (medium)

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Melbin K Mathew
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
149e5f5f-d1d8-47c6-926b-7a5fb1630b84

Timeline

Publicly Published
2020-08-17 (about 5 years ago)
Added
2020-08-17 (about 5 years ago)
Last Updated
2022-04-09 (about 4 years ago)

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