WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

MDTF < 1.3.1 - Reflected XSS

Description

The plugin does not sanitise and escape the tax_name 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
wp-meta-data-filter-and-taxonomy-filter
Fixed in 1.3.1

References

CVE
CVE-2023-28664
URL
https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2023-3

Classification

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

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Joshua Martinelle (Tenable Research)
Verified
No
WPVDB ID
23412462-005f-45b5-9c7a-6473b7fa3ac7

Timeline

Publicly Published
2023-03-22 (about 2 years ago)
Added
2023-03-23 (about 2 years ago)
Last Updated
2023-03-23 (about 2 years ago)

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