WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
ActivityPub for WordPress < 1.0.0 - Contributor+ Stored XSS
Description
The plugin does not escape user metadata before outputting them in mentions, which could allow users with a role of Contributor and above to perform Stored XSS attacks
Proof of Concept
As a contributor, put the following payload in a post (the payload will have to be updated accordingly to watch the correct user and domain) ahoy hoy @user@malicious-activitypub.site The XSS will be trigged when viewing/previewing the post
Affects Plugins
Fixed in 1.0.0 References
CVE
Classification
Type
XSS
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
Ben Bidner
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2023-09-25 (about 7 months ago)
Added
2023-09-25 (about 7 months ago)
Last Updated
2023-09-25 (about 7 months ago)
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