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wpvulndbJihoon Lee (AhnLab)WPVDB-ID:78054BD7-CDC2-4B14-9B5C-30F10E802D6B
HistoryNov 11, 2022 - 12:00 a.m.

Broken Link Checker < 1.11.20 - Admin+ Cross-Site Scripting

2022-11-1100:00:00
Jihoon Lee (AhnLab)
wpscan.com
9
xss
vulnerability
admin access
stored cross-site scripting
youtube api

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

23.5%

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)

PoC

Put the following payload in the Youtube API Key settings and save: test">. The XSS will be triggered when viewing the settings page again

CPENameOperatorVersion
broken-link-checkerlt1.11.20

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

23.5%

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