WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
VikBooking Hotel Booking Engine & PMS < 1.5.8 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Description
The plugin does not escape various settings before outputting them in attributes, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when unfiltered_html is disallowed
Proof of Concept
v < 1.5.7 Add/edit a custom field (/wp-admin/admin.php?option=com_vikbooking&task=customf) and put the following payload in the Field Name or Popup Link fields: "autofocus/onfocus=alert(/XSS/)// The XSS will be triggered when editing the Custom Field again v < 1.5.8 Add the following payload in the Admin Email settings (at /wp-admin/admin.php?option=com_vikbooking&task=config): "autofocus/onfocus=alert(/XSS/)// Other settings were also affected
Affects Plugins
Fixed in 1.5.8 References
CVE
Classification
Type
XSS
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
gabriel3476
Submitter
gabriel3476
Submitter website
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2022-04-21 (about 2 years ago)
Added
2022-04-21 (about 2 years ago)
Last Updated
2022-04-22 (about 2 years ago)
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