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Watu Quiz < 3.3.8.2 - Reflected XSS

Description

The plugin does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin.

Proof of Concept

The PoC will be displayed on February 07, 2023, to give users the time to update. 

Affects Plugins

watu
Fixed in version 3.3.8.2

References

CVE
CVE-2023-0428

Classification

Type

XSS

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

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher

Felipe Restrepo Rodriguez

Submitter

Felipe Restrepo Rodriguez

Submitter website
https://pfelilpe.com
Submitter twitter
pfelilpe
Verified

Yes

WPVDB ID
c933460b-f77d-4986-9f5a-32d9f3f8b412

Timeline

Publicly Published

2023-01-24 (about 8 days ago)

Added

2023-01-24 (about 8 days ago)

Last Updated

2023-01-24 (about 8 days ago)

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