WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

W4 Post List < 2.4.6 - Contributor+ Stored XSS

Description

The plugin does not validate and escape some of its block options before outputting them back in a page/post where the block is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

Proof of Concept

On a post, add a "W4 Post List" block, select a list and put the following payload in the "Additional CSS class(es)" option: " onmouseover="alert(/XSS/)" style="background:red;"

The XSS will be triggered when previewing/viewing the post and moving the mouse over the red block

Affects Plugins

Fixed in 2.4.6

References

Classification

Type
XSS
CWE

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Lana Codes
Submitter
Lana Codes
Submitter website
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Verified
Yes

Timeline

Publicly Published
2023-03-22 (about 1 years ago)
Added
2023-03-22 (about 1 years ago)
Last Updated
2023-03-22 (about 1 years ago)

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