Stored script execution via unescaped User-Agent
Published Jun 16, 2022 · Updated Apr 15, 2025
Stored XSS in Weblizar User Login Log 2.2.1 allows remote authenticated users to execute scripts through a crafted User-Agent. The login logger stores the request's User-Agent value and renders it in the WordPress administration log without HTML escaping. A subscriber-level account can submit the header during login, but an administrator must view the poisoned log entry for execution.
Summary
What happened
Stored XSS in Weblizar User Login Log 2.2.1 allows remote authenticated users to execute scripts through a crafted User-Agent. The login logger stores the request's User-Agent value and renders it in the WordPress administration log without HTML escaping. A subscriber-level account can submit the header during login, but an administrator must view the poisoned log entry for execution.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2017-20056
- Published
- Jun 16, 2022
- Updated
- Apr 15, 2025
- Vendor
- Weblizar
- Product
- User Login Log
- Classifications
- CWE-79, CWE-80, T1059.007
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jun 16, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 15, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=2.2.1
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Attacks
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Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- Stored Cross-Site Scripting in User Login Log WordPress Pluginproof of concept · demonstrated
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