WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

WP File Manager < 7.1 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Description

During a quick security auditing of the plugin, in the default configuration a Reflected XSS can occur on the endpoint /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wp_file_manager_properties when a payload is submitted on the User-Agent parameter. The payload is then reflected back on the web application response.

Affects Plugins

Plugin icon
wp-file-manager
Fixed in 7.1

References

CVE
CVE-2021-24177
URL
https://n4nj0.github.io/advisories/wordpress-plugin-wp-file-manager-i/
URL
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2476829/

Classification

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

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Veno Eivazian
Submitter
Veno Eivazian
Submitter website
https://n4nj0.github.io
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
1cf3d256-cf4b-4d1f-9ed8-e2cc6392d8d8

Timeline

Publicly Published
2021-02-26 (about 4 years ago)
Added
2021-03-11 (about 4 years ago)
Last Updated
2021-03-20 (about 4 years ago)

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