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

Fixed in 3.5.3

References

Classification

Type
XSS
CWE
CVSS

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Asif Nawaz Minhas
Submitter
Asif Nawaz Minhas
Verified
Yes

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)

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