WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

WordPress Popular Posts < 6.0.0 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Description

The plugin does not escape some URLs before outputting them back in attributes, leading to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Proof of Concept

Affects Plugins

Plugin icon
wordpress-popular-posts
Fixed in 6.0.0

Classification

Type
XSS
OWASP top 10
A7: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
CWE
CWE-79
CVSS
6.1 (medium)

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
WPScanTeam
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
a1113cf4-29ab-4dbd-841d-4e00f24b0b01

Timeline

Publicly Published
2022-06-29 (about 3 years ago)
Added
2022-06-29 (about 3 years ago)
Last Updated
2022-06-29 (about 3 years ago)

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