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Backup and Staging by WP Time Capsule < 1.22.7 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Description

The plugin does not sanitise and escape the error parameter before outputting it back in an admin page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Proof of Concept

Once the "Server Requirements" are passed in the initial setup process (you can bypass the check for localhosts by editing the is_localhost function in the same file for testing purpose) the vulnerability can be triggered at any time in an admin's panel using an URI with JavaScript content inserted in the error parameter such as :

https://example.com/wp-admin/admin.php?page=wp-time-capsule&error="><script>alert(/XSS/)</script>&cloud_auth_action=g_drive
 

Affects Plugins

wp-time-capsule
Fixed in version 1.22.7

References

CVE
CVE-2021-25035
URL
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2641264

Classification

Type

XSS

OWASP top 10
A7: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
CWE
CWE-79

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher

Jeremie Amsellem

Submitter

Jeremie Amsellem

Submitter website
https://fenrir.pro
Submitter twitter
lp1eu
Verified

Yes

WPVDB ID
f426360e-5ba0-4d6b-bfd4-61bc54be3469

Timeline

Publicly Published

2021-12-21 (about 1 years ago)

Added

2021-12-21 (about 1 years ago)

Last Updated

2022-04-13 (about 9 months ago)

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