WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Internal Links Manager < 2.1.1 - Multiple Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Description

Due to lack of user input filtering and validation, the "Add New Link" and "All Links" features are vulnerable to cross-site scripting.

The following fields are vulnerable: Internal Title (title), Link Title (titleattr).

Issues were reported to vendor and WP plugins team by reporter.

Edit (WPScanTeam):
July 14th, 2020 - v2.0.2 released, but Link Title field still vulnerable with another payload. WP plugins team notified.
August 18th, 2020 - No updates about bypass, disclosing.
December 27th, 2020 - v2.1.0 released, re-introducing the issue on the Internal Title (title parameter) when editing a link
January 7, 2021 - v2.1.1 released, fixing the issues

Proof of Concept

Affects Plugins

References

Classification

Type
XSS
CWE
CVSS

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Chevon Phillip
Submitter
Chevon Phillip
Submitter website
Submitter twitter
Verified
Yes

Timeline

Publicly Published
2020-08-18 (about 5 years ago)
Added
2020-08-18 (about 5 years ago)
Last Updated
2021-01-19 (about 5 years ago)

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