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UpdraftPlus < 1.16.66 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Description

The plugin does not sanitise and escape the backup_timestamp and job_id parameter before outputting then back in admin pages, leading to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting issues

Proof of Concept

https://example.com/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=updraftplus&backup_timestamp=%3Cscript%3Ealert%28/XSS/%29%3B%3C%2Fscript%3E&action=updraft_restore 

Affects Plugins

updraftplus
Fixed in version 1.6.59

References

CVE
CVE-2021-25022
URL
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2635585/updraftplus
URL
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2637112/updraftplus

Classification

Type

XSS

OWASP top 10
A7: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
CWE
CWE-79

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher

Krzysztof Zając

Submitter

Krzysztof Zając

Submitter website
https://kazet.cc/
Verified

Yes

WPVDB ID
1801c7ae-2b5c-493f-969d-4bb19a9feb15

Timeline

Publicly Published

2021-12-06 (about 1 years ago)

Added

2021-12-06 (about 1 years ago)

Last Updated

2022-04-11 (about 9 months ago)

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