Stored XSS via forged admin settings update
Published May 15, 2025 · Updated May 20, 2025
Stored XSS in Solidcode PeoplePond 1.1.9 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject script through a forged administrator request. The settings handler at wp-admin/options-general.php?page=peoplepond/peoplepond.php accepts an attacker-controlled emailAddress value without a CSRF token, input sanitization, or output escaping. An administrator must open attacker-controlled HTML while logged in; the browser submits the payload, which is stored and later executes in a WordPress page.
Summary
What happened
Stored XSS in Solidcode PeoplePond 1.1.9 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject script through a forged administrator request. The settings handler at wp-admin/options-general.php?page=peoplepond/peoplepond.php accepts an attacker-controlled emailAddress value without a CSRF token, input sanitization, or output escaping. An administrator must open attacker-controlled HTML while logged in; the browser submits the payload, which is stored and later executes in a WordPress page.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-8085
- Published
- May 15, 2025
- Updated
- May 20, 2025
- Vendor
- Solidcode
- Product
- PeoplePond
- Classifications
- CWE-352, CWE-79, T1189
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- May 15, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 20, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=0 <=1.1.9
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Attacks
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Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- WPScan CSRF-to-stored-XSS HTML proof of conceptproof of concept · validated
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