Football Pool <= 2.12.4 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Vulnerability Description
The Football Pool plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via admin settings in all versions up to, and including, 2.12.4 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
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:
- Jonas Benjamin Friedli
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/16a285b1-7a20-455f-8f74-2e468dd436d3?source=cve
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/football-pool/#developers
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3313611%40football-pool&new=3313611%40football-pool&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
Affected Vendor
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