WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
Event List < 0.8.8 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Description
The plugin does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, allowing high privilege users such as admin to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks against other admin even when the unfiltered_html is disallowed
Proof of Concept
Put the following payload in the "iCal link text" Feed Settings of the plugin (/wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=el_events&page=el_admin_settings&tab=feed): "><img src onerror=alert(/XSS/)> General > Text for no events settings also affected
Affects Plugins
Fixed in 0.8.8 References
CVE
Classification
Type
XSS
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
Akash Rajendra Patil
Submitter
Akash Rajendra Patil
Submitter website
Submitter twitter
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2022-04-05 (about 2 years ago)
Added
2022-04-05 (about 2 years ago)
Last Updated
2022-04-18 (about 2 years ago)
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