WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Shared Files < 1.6.57 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Description

The plugin does not sanitise and escape some of its settings before outputting them in attributes, which could lead to Stored Cross-Site Scripting issues.

Proof of Concept

Put the following payload in the "Folder for new files" and "Maximum size of uploaded file" settings of the plugin: "><script>alert(/XSS/)</script>

Affects Plugins

Fixed in 1.6.57

References

Classification

Type
XSS
CWE
CVSS

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Shivam Rai
Submitter
Shivam Rai
Submitter twitter
Verified
Yes

Timeline

Publicly Published
2021-09-15 (about 2 years ago)
Added
2021-09-15 (about 2 years ago)
Last Updated
2022-04-08 (about 2 years ago)

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