WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
Simple Theme Options < 1.7 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Description
The plugin does not sanitise and escape its settings, allowing high privilege users such as admin to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed
Proof of Concept
Put the following payload in any of textarea field settings of the plugin (such as 'Google Analytics'): "><svg onload=alert(/XSS/)> The XSS will be triggered when accessing the Theme Customizer page (/wp-admin/customize.php)
Affects Plugins
Fixed in 1.7 References
CVE
Classification
Type
XSS
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
fuzzyap1
Submitter
fuzzyap1
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2022-02-21 (about 2 years ago)
Added
2022-02-21 (about 2 years ago)
Last Updated
2022-04-13 (about 2 years ago)
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