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

No known fix

References

Classification

Type
XSS
CWE

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Gabriel Avramescu
Submitter
Gabriel Avramescu
Submitter website
Submitter twitter
Verified
Yes

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)

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