WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Ad Inserter < 2.7.10 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Description

The plugins do not sanitise and escape the html_element_selection parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Proof of Concept

Affects Plugins

Plugin icon
ad-inserter
Fixed in 2.7.10
Plugin icon
ad-inserter-pro
Fixed in 2.7.10

References

CVE
CVE-2022-0288

Classification

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

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Krzysztof Zając
Submitter
Krzysztof Zając
Submitter website
https://kazet.cc/
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
27b64412-33a4-462c-bc45-f81697e4fe42

Timeline

Publicly Published
2022-01-24 (about 3 years ago)
Added
2022-01-24 (about 3 years ago)
Last Updated
2022-04-11 (about 3 years ago)

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