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wpvulndbTung Duong DinhWPVDB-ID:0B8C5947-BC73-448E-8F10-A4F4456E4000
HistoryAug 23, 2021 - 12:00 a.m.

Post Views Counter < 1.3.5 - Authenticated Stored XSS

2021-08-2300:00:00
Tung Duong Dinh
wpscan.com
10
post views counter
authenticated stored xss
cross-site scripting attacks
frontend
unfiltered_html capability

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

24.8%

The plugin does not sanitise or escape its Post Views Label settings, which could allow high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks in the frontend even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed

PoC

Put the following payload in the Post Views Label settings of the plugin (?wp-admin/options-general.php?page=post-views-counter&tab;=display): The XSS will be triggered in any posts (by default), but could also be changed to any pages etc.

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

24.8%

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