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WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

underConstruction < 1.19 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Description

The plugin does not escape the PHP_SELF before outputting it in an attribute, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue

Proof of Concept

https://example.com/wp-admin/admin.php/"><script>alert(/XSS/)</script>/?page=under-construction 

Affects Plugins

underconstruction
Fixed in version 1.19

References

CVE
CVE-2021-39320
URL
https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2021-39320
URL
https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2021/09/reflected-xss-in-underconstruction-plugin/

Classification

Type

XSS

OWASP top 10
A7: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
CWE
CWE-79

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher

Ram Gall (Wordfence)

Verified

Yes

WPVDB ID
49ae1df0-d6d2-4cbb-9a9d-bf3599429875

Timeline

Publicly Published

2021-08-31 (about 1 years ago)

Added

2021-08-31 (about 1 years ago)

Last Updated

2023-01-28 (about 1 months ago)

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