WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

WPB Show Core < 2.7 - Reflected XSS

Description

The plugin does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin or unauthenticated users

Proof of Concept

https://example.com/wp-content/plugins/wpb-show-core/modules/jplayer_new/jplayer_twitter_audio.php?file=%22%3C/script%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert(1)%3C/script%3E

Affects Plugins

Plugin icon
wpb-show-core
Fixed in 2.7

References

CVE
CVE-2024-1958

Classification

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

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Bob Matyas
Submitter
Bob Matyas
Submitter website
https://www.bobmatyas.com
Submitter twitter
bobmatyas
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
8be4ebcf-2b42-4b88-89a0-2df6dbf00b55

Timeline

Publicly Published
2024-03-18 (about 1 months ago)
Added
2024-03-18 (about 1 months ago)
Last Updated
2024-03-18 (about 1 months ago)

Other

Published
Title
Published
2014-11-20
Title
CP Polls < 1.0.1 - XSS
Published
2024-01-19
Title
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Published
2014-09-17
Title
Cakifo 1.0 - 1.6.1 XSS
Published
2023-04-13
Title
Betheme < 26.8 - Reflected XSS
Published
2020-03-26
Title
Xenon Theme <= 1.3 - Unauthenticated Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)