WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
Simple Post Notes < 1.7.6 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Description
The plugin does not sanitise and escape its settings, allowing high privilege users such as admin to perform cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed.
Proof of Concept
Put the following payload in the "Notes placeholder" settings of the plugin: </textarea><script>alert(/XSS/)</script>
Affects Plugins
Fixed in version 1.7.6
References
Classification
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
Sachin Kumar from eSec Forte Technologies Pvt Ltd
Submitter
Sachin Kumar from eSec Forte Technologies Pvt Ltd
Submitter website
Verified
Yes
Timeline
Publicly Published
2022-06-27 (about 9 months ago)
Added
2022-06-27 (about 9 months ago)
Last Updated
2022-06-27 (about 9 months ago)