WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
Better WordPress reCAPTCHA <= 2.0.3 - Unauthenticated Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Description
There is a reflected XSS vulnerability in Better WordPress reCAPTCHA plugin version 2.0.3, and possibly below.
The parameter cerror value is reflected in the page when this plugin is enabled. Once plugin disabled, the "cerror" parameter's value is not reflected in the page anymore.
This is the HTML source code:
<input id="url" name="url" type="url" value="" size="30" maxlength="200" /></p>
<p class="bwp-recaptcha-error error">Unknown error (\"><iMg src=N onerror=alert(9)>). Please contact an administrator for more info.</p>
Proof of Concept
Affects Plugins
References
Classification
Type
XSS
OWASP top 10
CWE
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
Gabriel Avramescu
Submitter
Gabriel Avramescu
Submitter website
Submitter twitter
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2018-11-07 (about 7 years ago)
Added
2018-11-12 (about 7 years ago)
Last Updated
2019-11-01 (about 6 years ago)