WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox theme < 2.9.8 - Reflected Cross-Site-Scripting
Description
The plugin does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the response, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
Proof of Concept
1. Install and activate the plugin's dependencies: + Phlox (install and active it - theme can be found @ https://wordpress.org/themes/phlox/ ) + WooCommerce (no setup required) 2. Install the vulnerable plugin (auxin-elements) 3. Visit the following URL to trigger an alert box: https://example.com/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=aux_the_recent_products&data[wp_query_args][post_type]=post&data[title]=%3Cscript%3Ealert(`xss`);%3C/script%3E Note: The `data[wp_query_args][post_type]=post` parameter is used to query for posts instead of products to avoid an empty response as no products have been created beforehand. If there are products in the database, this parameter can be removed.
Affects Plugins
References
CVE
Classification
Type
XSS
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
cydave
Submitter
cydave
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Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2022-06-20 (about 1 years ago)
Added
2022-06-20 (about 1 years ago)
Last Updated
2023-03-23 (about 1 years ago)