WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
Coming Soon and Maintenance Mode < 3.5.3 - Authenticated Stored XSS
Description
The plugin does not properly sanitize inputs submitted by authenticated users when setting adding or modifying coming soon or maintenance mode pages, leading to stored XSS.
Proof of Concept
* Open the Coming Soon plugin's settings (Coming Soon -> Coming Soon) * Click on the "Title" section * Inject XSS payload into the Title section's "Title" form field. <!'/*"/*/'/*/"/*--></Script><Image SrcSet=K */; OnError=confirm`123` //> * Click "Save Section", then reload the settings page (Coming Soon -> Coming Soon)
Affects Plugins
References
Classification
Type
XSS
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
Asif Nawaz Minhas
Submitter
Asif Nawaz Minhas
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2021-09-13 (about 2 years ago)
Added
2021-09-13 (about 2 years ago)
Last Updated
2023-04-12 (about 1 years ago)