WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

WebSub (FKA. PubSubHubbub) < 3.2.0 - Admin+ Stored XSS

Description

The plugin does not sanitize and escape some of its settings, which could allow high-privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)

Affects Plugins

Plugin icon
pubsubhubbub
Fixed in 3.2.0

References

CVE
CVE-2024-0688
URL
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f07b166b-3436-4797-a2df-096ff7c27a09

Classification

Type
XSS
OWASP top 10
A7: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
CWE
CWE-79
CVSS
4.4 (medium)

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Sh
Verified
No
WPVDB ID
88f6e9e5-4d9b-478e-9caf-2fefcf517020

Timeline

Publicly Published
2024-01-24 (about 2 years ago)
Added
2024-01-24 (about 2 years ago)
Last Updated
2024-01-24 (about 2 years ago)

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