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wpvulndbAsif Nawaz MinhasWPVDB-ID:25A0D41F-3B6F-4D18-B4D5-767AC60EE8A8
HistorySep 19, 2022 - 12:00 a.m.

Top Bar < 3.0.4 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

2022-09-1900:00:00
Asif Nawaz Minhas
wpscan.com
5
top bar plugin
stored cross-site scripting
admin+ privilege
frontend pages
unfiltered html capability

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

24.8%

The plugin does not sanitise and escape some of its settings before outputting them in frontend pages, 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)

PoC

Put the following payload in the Content > Message settings of the plugin: The XSS will be triggered in all frontend pages

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

24.8%

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