WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
Special Text Boxes < 5.9.110 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Description
The plugin does not sanitise or escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html is disallowed.
Proof of Concept
Put the following payload in any of the field in the 'Basic Settings' section of the plugin's setting (/wp-admin/admin.php?page=stb-settings): " autofocus onfocus=alert(/XSS/)//
Affects Plugins
Fixed in 5.9.110 References
CVE
Classification
Type
XSS
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
Akash Rajendra Patil
Submitter
Akash Rajendra Patil
Submitter website
Submitter twitter
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2021-09-21 (about 2 years ago)
Added
2021-09-21 (about 2 years ago)
Last Updated
2022-07-01 (about 1 years ago)
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