Ayo Shortcodes <= 0.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'color' Shortcode Attribute
Vulnerability Description
The Ayo Shortcodes plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'color' parameter of the ayo_action shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 0.2 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:
- zakaria
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1760fe6e-8153-4479-ae32-2e2f0fa54e12?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ayo-shortcodes/trunk/includes/ayo-shortcodes-functions.php#L66
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ayo-shortcodes/trunk/includes/ayo-shortcodes-functions.php#L55
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ayo-shortcodes/tags/0.2/includes/ayo-shortcodes-functions.php#L55
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ayo-shortcodes/tags/0.2/includes/ayo-shortcodes-functions.php#L66
Affected Vendor
ayothemes
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