Admin stored XSS via unsanitized notes
Published Feb 21, 2022 · Updated Aug 2, 2024
Cross-site scripting in Shield Security before 13.0.6 allows remote authenticated users with high privileges to execute script via crafted admin notes. The plugin stores administrator-supplied note content without sanitizing or escaping it before rendering the notes page, so a malicious payload executes when a privileged administrator views the note even when unfiltered_html is disallowed. Exploitation requires a high-privilege WordPress account and administrator interaction with the affected notes page; the demonstrated impact is script execution in that administrator’s browser context.
Summary
What happened
Cross-site scripting in Shield Security before 13.0.6 allows remote authenticated users with high privileges to execute script via crafted admin notes. The plugin stores administrator-supplied note content without sanitizing or escaping it before rendering the notes page, so a malicious payload executes when a privileged administrator views the note even when unfiltered_html is disallowed. Exploitation requires a high-privilege WordPress account and administrator interaction with the affected notes page; the demonstrated impact is script execution in that administrator’s browser context.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-0211
- Published
- Feb 21, 2022
- Updated
- Aug 2, 2024
- Vendor
- Shield Security
- Product
- Shield Security
- Classifications
- CWE-79, T1189
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Feb 21, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 2, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=13.0.6 <13.0.6
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Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- WPScan Admin Notes stored-XSS proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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