WordPress Plugin Current Book 1.0.1 - 'Book Title and Author field' Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

vendor:

Current Book

by:

Vikas Srivastava

8,8

CVSS

HIGH

Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

CWE

Product Name: Current Book

Affected Version From: 1.0.1

Affected Version To: 1.0.1

Patch Exists: YES

Related CWE: CVE-2021-24072

CPE: a:wordpress:wordpress

Metasploit: https://www.rapid7.com/db/vulnerabilities/microsoft-sharepoint-cve-2021-24072/, https://www.rapid7.com/db/vulnerabilities/msft-cve-2021-24072/

Other Scripts: N/A

Tags: N/A

CVSS Metrics: N/A

Nuclei References: N/A

Nuclei Metadata: N/A

Platforms Tested: Windows, Linux, Mac

2021

WordPress Plugin Current Book 1.0.1 – ‘Book Title and Author field’ Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Install WordPress 5.7.2, Install and activate Custom Book, Navigate to Tools >> Current Book and enter the XSS payload into the Book and Author input field, Click Update Options, You will observe that the payload successfully got stored into the database and when you are triggering the same functionality at that time JavaScript payload is executing successfully and we are getting a pop-up.

Mitigation:

Upgrade to version 1.0.2 or later

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

# Exploit Title: WordPress Plugin Current Book 1.0.1 - 'Book Title and Author field' Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
# Date: 14/07/2021
# Exploit Author: Vikas Srivastava
# Vendor Homepage:
# Software Link: https://wordpress.org/plugins/current-book/
# Version: 1.0.1
# Category: Web Application

How to Reproduce this Vulnerability:

1. Install WordPress 5.7.2
2. Install and activate Custom Book
3. Navigate to Tools >> Current Book and enter the XSS payload into the Book and Author input field.
4. Click Update Options
5. You will observe that the payload successfully got stored into the database and when you are triggering the same functionality at that time JavaScript payload is executing successfully and we are getting a pop-up.