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HistoryNov 10, 2022 - 12:00 a.m.

Advanced WP Columns <= 2.0.6 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

2022-11-1000:00:00
lucy
wpscan.com
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4.8 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

HIGH

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

LOW

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

NONE

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

23.3%

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 plugin setting (in input boxes): "> to get the XSS trigger.

CPENameOperatorVersion
advanced-wp-columnseq*

4.8 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

HIGH

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

LOW

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

NONE

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

23.3%

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