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myCRED < 1.7.8 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Description

The plugin does not sanitise and escape the user parameter before outputting it back in the Points Log admin dashboard, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Proof of Concept

(With at least one log displayed): https://example.com/wp-admin/admin.php?page=mycred&user=1"'><script>alert(/XSS/)</script> 

Affects Plugins

mycred
Fixed in version 2.4.3.1

References

CVE
CVE-2017-20008
URL
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/1639363/mycred

Classification

Type

XSS

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

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher

Jeremie Amsellem

Submitter

Jeremie Amsellem

Submitter website
https://fenrir.pro
Submitter twitter
lp1eu
Verified

Yes

WPVDB ID
3175c56d-27bb-4bf1-b6ba-737541483d40

Timeline

Publicly Published

2017-04-20 (about 5 years ago)

Added

2021-11-24 (about 5 months ago)

Last Updated

2022-04-11 (about 1 months ago)

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