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wpexploitMariam Tariq - HunterSherlockWPEX-ID:B583DE48-1332-4984-8C0C-A7ED4A2397CD
HistoryOct 13, 2022 - 12:00 a.m.

Highlight Focus <= 1.1 - Admin+ Stored Cross Site Scripting

2022-10-1300:00:00
Mariam Tariq - HunterSherlock
65
stored cross site scripting
highlight focus
admin privilege

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

24.8%

The plugin does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)

Put the following payload in any of the plugins settings (Settings > Highlight Focus): "><img src onerror=alert(/XSS/)>

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

24.8%

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