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GigPress < 2.3.28 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Shortcode

Description

The plugin does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks

Proof of Concept

Note: A Show needs to exist for the issue to be exploitable

[gigpress_menu id='" onmouseover="alert(/XSS/)"'] 

Affects Plugins

gigpress
Fixed in version 2.3.28 - plugin closed

References

CVE
CVE-2022-4759

Classification

Type

XSS

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

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher

Lana Codes

Submitter

Lana Codes

Submitter website
https://lana.codes/
Submitter twitter
LanaCodes
Verified

Yes

WPVDB ID
63328927-5614-4fa1-8f46-46ff0c8eb959

Timeline

Publicly Published

2023-01-18 (about 4 months ago)

Added

2023-01-18 (about 4 months ago)

Last Updated

2023-01-18 (about 4 months ago)

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