Accredible Certificates & Open Badges < 1.4.9 - Admin+ Stored XSS

2023-12-2300:00:00

wpscan.com

plugin

sanitise

settings

high privilege

stored xss

unfiltered html

multisite

AI Score

5.3

Confidence

High

EPSS

Percentile

14.0%

JSON

Description 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)

References

patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/accredible-certificates/wordpress-accredible-certificates-open-badges-plugin-1-4-8-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability