WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

GD bbPress Attachments <= 2.5 - Authenticated Stored XSS

Description

An authenticated user of a bbPress forum, who can attach a file, can inject arbitrary JavaScript code via the image filename. The arbitrary code runs both on the topic page and in the admin panel, and it only affects the administrators, moderators and the attacker.

The variable $error[‘file’] in /code/attachments/front.php (line 349) is not escaped.

Affects Plugins

References

Classification

Type
XSS
CWE

Miscellaneous

Submitter
Luigi
Submitter website
Verified
No

Timeline

Publicly Published
2018-05-14 (about 6 years ago)
Added
2018-05-14 (about 6 years ago)
Last Updated
2020-04-15 (about 4 years ago)

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