Reviews Sorted <= 2.4.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'space' Shortcode Attribute
Vulnerability Description
The Reviews Sorted plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'space' parameter of the [reviews-slider] shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 2.4.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. 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
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Credits & Attribution
The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:
- Gilang Asra Bilhadi
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/74e790e7-60fd-45cd-942f-0f24365d7fc8?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/reviews-sorted/trunk/functions/do.php#L138
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/reviews-sorted/tags/2.4.2/functions/do.php#L138
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/reviews-sorted/trunk/templates/reviews-slider.php#L23
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/reviews-sorted/tags/2.4.2/templates/reviews-slider.php#L23
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/reviews-sorted/trunk/templates/reviews-slider-1.php#L30
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/reviews-sorted/tags/2.4.2/templates/reviews-slider-1.php#L30
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/reviews-sorted/trunk/templates/reviews-slider-2.php#L23
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/reviews-sorted/tags/2.4.2/templates/reviews-slider-2.php#L23
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/reviews-sorted/trunk/templates/reviews-slider-3.php#L23
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/reviews-sorted/tags/2.4.2/templates/reviews-slider-3.php#L23
Affected Vendor
eurisko
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