WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
Advanced Comment Form < 1.2.1 - Admin+ Authenticated Stored XSS
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
In the settings of the plugin, add the following payload to the text before the form: <img src onerror=alert(/TESTXSS/)>
Affects Plugins
Fixed in 1.2.1 References
CVE
Classification
Type
XSS
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
Asif Nawaz Minhas
Submitter
Asif Nawaz Minhas
Submitter website
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2022-09-15 (about 1 years ago)
Added
2022-09-15 (about 1 years ago)
Last Updated
2022-09-15 (about 1 years ago)
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