WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
WS Form < 1.8.176 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Description
The plugins do not sanitise and escape submitted form data, allowing unauthenticated attacker to submit XSS payloads which will get executed when a privileged user will view the related submission
Proof of Concept
- Created a basic contact form and publish it - As an unauthenticated user, go the page/post where the form is embed and put the following payload in the "Your Inquiry" or in "Description" fields: "><img src onerror=alert(/XSS/)> - The XSS will be triggered when an admin will view the related submission (eg: wp-admin/admin.php?orderby&order&page=ws-form-submit&id=1&paged=1#1)
Affects Plugins
Fixed in 1.8.176
Fixed in 1.8.176 References
CVE
Classification
Type
XSS
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
Felipe Restrepo Rodriguez
Submitter
Felipe Restrepo Rodriguez
Submitter website
Submitter twitter
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2022-01-31 (about 2 years ago)
Added
2022-01-31 (about 2 years ago)
Last Updated
2022-04-12 (about 2 years ago)
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