Stored script execution via unescaped widget fields
Published Jan 14, 2020 · Updated Aug 6, 2024
Stored cross-site scripting in the ClickDesk WordPress plugin 4.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject scripts through chat-widget fields. Multiple widget fields accept content that is stored and later emitted without sufficient input sanitization or output escaping; public sources do not identify the parameters or code locus. Execution requires a victim to view the affected widget output, and the injected script runs in that visitor's browser with the site's origin.
Summary
What happened
Stored cross-site scripting in the ClickDesk WordPress plugin 4.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject scripts through chat-widget fields. Multiple widget fields accept content that is stored and later emitted without sufficient input sanitization or output escaping; public sources do not identify the parameters or code locus. Execution requires a victim to view the affected widget output, and the injected script runs in that visitor's browser with the site's origin.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2014-9211
- Published
- Jan 14, 2020
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-79, T1059.007
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jan 14, 2020CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 6, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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Public exploit references
- ClickDesk 4.3 multiple-field XSS exploitproof of concept · unverified
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