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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

When the plugin displays a performance notice:  https://example.com/wp-admin/plugins.php?"><script>alert(/XSS/)</script>
 

Affects Plugins

wordpress-popular-posts
Fixed in version 6.0.0

Classification

Type

XSS

OWASP top 10
A7: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
CWE
CWE-79

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Original Researcher

WPScanTeam

Verified

Yes

WPVDB ID
a1113cf4-29ab-4dbd-841d-4e00f24b0b01

Timeline

Publicly Published

2022-06-29 (about 7 months ago)

Added

2022-06-29 (about 7 months ago)

Last Updated

2022-06-29 (about 7 months ago)

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