WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Timed Content < 2.73 - 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.

Proof of Concept

[timed-content-client hide="10:00:' onmouseover='alert(1)'"]XSS[/timed-content-client]


Affects Plugins

Fixed in 2.73

References

Classification

Type
XSS
CWE

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Lana Codes
Submitter
Lana Codes
Submitter website
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Verified
Yes

Timeline

Publicly Published
2023-01-24 (about 10 months ago)
Added
2023-01-24 (about 10 months ago)
Last Updated
2023-01-24 (about 10 months ago)

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