WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
Ultimate Carousel For WPBakery Page Builder <= 2.6 - Contributor+ Stored XSS
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.
The plugin author was made aware of this vulnerability on Jan 13, 2023.
Proof of Concept
Exploit shortcode: [na_posts_carousel slide_visible_mbl='" onmouseover="alert(1)" style="background:red;"']
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Classification
Type
XSS
OWASP top 10
CWE
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Miscellaneous
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Verified
Yes
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Timeline
Publicly Published
2023-04-17 (about 1 years ago)
Added
2023-04-17 (about 1 years ago)
Last Updated
2023-04-17 (about 1 years ago)