WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
Mesmerize Companion < 1.6.135 - Contributor+ Stored XSS
Description
The plugin does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in the page, which could allow users with a role as low as contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks which could be used against high privilege users such as admins.
Proof of Concept
Required theme: https://wordpress.org/themes/mesmerize (the shortcode is added only if this theme is used) Exploit shortcode: [mesmerize_latest_news item_class='" onmouseover="alert(1)']
Affects Plugins
Fixed in 1.6.135 References
CVE
Classification
Type
XSS
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
Lana Codes
Submitter
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Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2022-12-20 (about 1 years ago)
Added
2022-12-20 (about 1 years ago)
Last Updated
2022-12-20 (about 1 years ago)
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