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Mariam Tariq - HunterSherlockWPVDB-ID:B583DE48-1332-4984-8C0C-A7ED4A2397CDHistoryOct 13, 2022 - 12:00 a.m.
Highlight Focus <= 1.1 - Admin+ Stored Cross Site Scripting
2022-10-1300:00:00
Mariam Tariq - HunterSherlock
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stored cross-site scripting
plugin vulnerability
admin privilege
unfiltered_html capability
settings vulnerability
escaping and sanitising
multisite setup
EPSS
0.001
Percentile
24.8%
The plugin does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)
PoC
Put the following payload in any of the plugins settings (Settings > Highlight Focus): ">
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