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PDF Viewer < 1.0.0 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Shortcode

Description

The plugin does not validate and escape one of its shortcode attributes, which could allow users with a role as low as contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attack.

Proof of Concept

Exploit shortcode:

[pdfviewer height='" onmouseover="alert(1)"']http://localhost/file.pdf[/pdfviewer] 

Affects Plugins

pdf-viewer
Fixed in version 1.0.0

References

CVE
CVE-2023-0033

Classification

Type

XSS

OWASP top 10
A7: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
CWE
CWE-79

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher

Lana Codes

Submitter

Lana Codes

Submitter website
https://lana.codes/
Submitter twitter
LanaCodes
Verified

Yes

WPVDB ID
2d9ae43b-75a7-4fcc-bce3-d9e9d7a97ec0

Timeline

Publicly Published

2023-01-03 (about 4 months ago)

Added

2023-01-03 (about 4 months ago)

Last Updated

2023-01-03 (about 4 months ago)

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