Administrator stored XSS via unsanitized settings
Published Jun 27, 2022 · Updated Aug 2, 2024
Stored XSS in Mihdan No External Links before 5.0.2 allows remote authenticated users to execute JavaScript via plugin settings. Text fields under Settings > Links accept and later render HTML or attribute payloads without sufficient sanitization and output escaping. Administrator-level access and a victim who loads the stored output are required; multisite remains exposed when unfiltered_html is disabled.
Summary
What happened
Stored XSS in Mihdan No External Links before 5.0.2 allows remote authenticated users to execute JavaScript via plugin settings. Text fields under Settings > Links accept and later render HTML or attribute payloads without sufficient sanitization and output escaping. Administrator-level access and a victim who loads the stored output are required; multisite remains exposed when unfiltered_html is disabled.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-1095
- Published
- Jun 27, 2022
- Updated
- Aug 2, 2024
- Vendor
- Mihdan
- Product
- No External Links
- Classifications
- CWE-79, T1059.007
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- admin
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jun 27, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 2, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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Is a vulnerable build present?
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- Affected versionversion=5.0.2 <5.0.2
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What is affected?
Attacks
What attackers are doing with it
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Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- WPScan Settings > Links stored-XSS proof of conceptproof of concept · validated
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