WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Favicon by RealFaviconGenerator < 1.3.23 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Description

The plugin does not properly sanitise and escape the json_result_url parameter before outputting it back in the Favicon admin dashboard, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue

Proof of Concept

Affects Plugins

Plugin icon
favicon-by-realfavicongenerator
Fixed in 1.3.23

References

CVE
CVE-2022-0471
URL
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2695862

Classification

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

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Krzysztof Zając
Submitter
Krzysztof Zając
Submitter website
https://kazet.cc/
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
499bfee4-b481-4276-b6ad-0eead6680f66

Timeline

Publicly Published
2022-03-21 (about 3 years ago)
Added
2022-03-21 (about 3 years ago)
Last Updated
2022-04-10 (about 3 years ago)

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