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WP Word Count < 3.2.4 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Description

The plugin does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when unfiltered_html is disallowed.

Proof of Concept

Put the following payload in the "Before Label" or "After Label" settings of the plugin (Word Count > Reading Time)and save : "autofocus onfocus=alert(/XSS/)// 

Affects Plugins

wp-word-count
Fixed in version 3.2.4

References

CVE
CVE-2022-3408

Classification

Type

XSS

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

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher

lucy

Submitter

lucy

Verified

Yes

WPVDB ID
395bc893-2067-4f76-b49f-9ed8e1e8f330

Timeline

Publicly Published

2022-10-06 (about 7 months ago)

Added

2022-10-06 (about 7 months ago)

Last Updated

2023-04-18 (about 1 months ago)

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