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BP Better Messages < 1.9.9.41 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Description

The plugin sanitise (with sanitize_text_field) but does not escape the 'subject' parameter before outputting it back in an attribute, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue

Proof of Concept

https://example.com/chat-rooms/?subject=asd%22%20%22%20onmouseover=javascript:alert(1);%20test=%22&new-message=asd 

Affects Plugins

bp-better-messages
Fixed in version 1.9.9.170

References

CVE
CVE-2021-24808
URL
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2605772/bp-better-messages/trunk/views/layout-new.php

Classification

Type

XSS

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

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher

Brandon Roldan

Submitter

Brandon Roldan

Submitter twitter
tomorrowisnew_
Verified

Yes

WPVDB ID
53ff82ec-00ec-4b20-8f60-db9db8c025b4

Timeline

Publicly Published

2021-10-04 (about 1 years ago)

Added

2021-10-04 (about 1 years ago)

Last Updated

2022-04-15 (about 11 months ago)

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