Image Hotspot by DevVN <= 1.2.9 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Custom Field Meta
Vulnerability Description
The Image Hotspot by DevVN plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'hotspot_content' custom field meta in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.9 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author 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:
- Muhammad Yudha - DJ
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e41965eb-f8eb-4f40-b8f6-e415dff048cd?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/devvn-image-hotspot/tags/1.2.9/admin/inc/add_shortcode_devvn_ihotspot.php?marks=97#L97
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3417725%40devvn-image-hotspot&new=3417725%40devvn-image-hotspot&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
Affected Vendor
levantoan
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