WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

JSON Content Importer < 1.5.4 - Reflected XSS

Description

The plugin does not sanitise and escape the tab parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin

Proof of Concept

Affects Plugins

Plugin icon
json-content-importer
Fixed in 1.5.4

References

CVE
CVE-2023-6268

Classification

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

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Krzysztof Zając (CERT PL)
Submitter
Krzysztof Zając (CERT PL)
Submitter website
https://cert.pl
Submitter twitter
cert_polska_en
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
15b9ab48-c038-4f2e-b823-1e374baae985

Timeline

Publicly Published
2023-12-04 (about 2 years ago)
Added
2023-12-04 (about 2 years ago)
Last Updated
2023-12-04 (about 2 years ago)

Other

Published
Title
Published
2024-11-08
Title
WoW Guild Armory Roster <= 0.5.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Published
2024-04-22
Title
Advanced Floating Content Lite < 1.2.6 - Authenticated (Editor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Published
2024-10-03
Title
Display Medium Posts <= 5.0.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via display_medium_posts Shortcode
Published
2025-06-27
Title
Raise The Money <= 5.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Published
2023-05-12
Title
WP Register Profile With Shortcode < 3.5.9 - Admin+ Stored XSS