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 1.7.6

References

Classification

Type
XSS
CWE
CVSS

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Sachin Kumar from eSec Forte Technologies Pvt Ltd
Submitter
Sachin Kumar from eSec Forte Technologies Pvt Ltd
Verified
Yes

Timeline

Publicly Published
2022-06-27 (about 1 years ago)
Added
2022-06-27 (about 1 years ago)
Last Updated
2023-04-03 (about 1 years ago)

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