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wpvulndbYuhang LiuWPVDB-ID:ABA62286-9A82-4D5B-9B47-1FDDDE5DA487
HistoryJan 05, 2024 - 12:00 a.m.

Restrict Usernames Emails Characters Plugin < 3.1.4 - Admin+ Stored XSS

2024-01-0500:00:00
Yuhang Liu
wpscan.com
3
cross-site scripting
plugin
usernames
emails
settings
admin
privilege
xss
security

AI Score

5.7

Confidence

High

EPSS

0

Percentile

14.0%

Description The plugin does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when unfiltered_html is disallowed

PoC

1. Access the “Restrict Usernames Emails Characters” settings 2. For the field “The name of the user_login field in registration form”, enter the payload "&gt;![](1) 3. Click “Save Changes” and see the XSS.

AI Score

5.7

Confidence

High

EPSS

0

Percentile

14.0%

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