WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Materialis Companion < 1.3.40 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Shortcode

Description

The plugin does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in the page, which could allow users with a role as low as contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks which could be used against high privilege users such as admins.

Proof of Concept

Required theme: https://wordpress.org/themes/materialis

[materialis_latest_news item_class='" onmouseover="alert(1)"']

Affects Plugins

Plugin icon
materialis-companion
Fixed in 1.3.40

References

CVE
CVE-2022-4762

Classification

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

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Lana Codes
Submitter
Lana Codes
Submitter website
https://lana.codes/
Submitter twitter
LanaCodes
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
4500566a-e5f2-40b8-a185-2bcace221b4e

Timeline

Publicly Published
2023-01-13 (about 1 years ago)
Added
2023-01-13 (about 1 years ago)
Last Updated
2023-01-13 (about 1 years ago)

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