Magazine Companion <= 1.2.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Vulnerability Description
The Magazine Companion plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'headerHtmlTag' attribute in the bnm-blocks/featured-posts-1 block in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.3. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping when using user-supplied values as HTML tag names. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Impact Analysis
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Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:
- Djaidja Moundjid
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8fa2e98b-5054-46fd-b22e-eac59b581a3c?source=cve
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/bnm-blocks
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bnm-blocks/tags/1.2.3/src/blocks/posts/featured-posts-1/view.php#L34
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3392064/
Affected Vendor
pubudu-malalasekara
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