WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
Event Timeline <= 1.1.6 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Description
The plugin does not sanitize and escape Timeline Text, which could allow high-privileged users such as admin to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when unfiltered_html is disallowed
Proof of Concept
Create/edit a Timeline, put the following payload in the "Text" field at the bottom: <script>alert(/XSS/)</script> Click save (below the Text field, not the button on top of the page), then click Update The XSS will be triggered in post/page where the Timeline is embed
Affects Plugins
No known fix References
CVE
Classification
Type
XSS
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
Fayçal CHENA
Submitter
Fayçal CHENA
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Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2022-07-11 (about 1 years ago)
Added
2022-07-11 (about 1 years ago)
Last Updated
2023-04-11 (about 1 years ago)
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