WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
Modern Events Calendar Lite < 5.22.3 - Authenticated Stored Cross Site Scripting
Description
The plugin does not properly sanitize or escape values set by users with access to adjust settings withing wp-admin.
Proof of Concept
* Go to Setting Tab Under Calendar Lite Plugin * Under Setting tab Click on Slugs/Permalinks tab * Enter the XSS payload into Main Slug and Category Slug both. Both fields are vulnerable. XSS payload used : "><script>alert(1)</script> * Click On Save Changes. then visit to Setting tab again or reload it. XSS will popup.
Affects Plugins
References
CVE
Classification
Type
XSS
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
Shivam Rai
Submitter
Shivam Rai
Submitter twitter
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2021-09-29 (about 2 years ago)
Added
2021-09-29 (about 2 years ago)
Last Updated
2022-04-12 (about 2 years ago)