WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

SupportCandy < 2.2.7 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Description

The plugin does not sanitise and escape the query string before outputting it back in pages with the [wpsc_create_ticket] shortcode embed, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue

Proof of Concept

Affects Plugins

Plugin icon
supportcandy
Fixed in 2.2.7

References

CVE
CVE-2021-24878

Classification

Type
XSS
OWASP top 10
A7: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
CWE
CWE-79
CVSS
6.1 (medium)

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
apple502j
Submitter
apple502j
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
d2f1fd60-5e5e-4e38-9559-ba2d14ae37bf

Timeline

Publicly Published
2022-01-05 (about 3 years ago)
Added
2022-01-05 (about 3 years ago)
Last Updated
2022-04-08 (about 3 years ago)

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