WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
th23 Social <= 1.2.0 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Description
The plugin does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed
Proof of Concept
Put the following payload in the plugin's settings (/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=th23-social) such as Name, Account and Follow Shortcodes: "><img src=x onerror=prompt(/XSS/)>
Affects Plugins
References
CVE
Classification
Type
XSS
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
Ankur Bakre
Submitter
Ankur Bakre
Submitter website
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2022-04-19 (about 2 years ago)
Added
2022-04-19 (about 2 years ago)
Last Updated
2022-04-20 (about 2 years ago)