CVE-2024-7313 PoC — Shield Security < 20.0.6 - Reflected XSS

Source

https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2024/CVE-2024-7313.yaml

Associated Vulnerability

Title: Shield Security < 20.0.6 - Reflected XSS (CVE-2024-7313)
Description:The Shield Security WordPress plugin before 20.0.6 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin.

Description

The Shield Security WordPress plugin before 20.0.6 contains a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability. The plugin does not properly sanitize and escape the 'nav_sub' parameter in the admin dashboard, allowing authenticated users to execute arbitrary JavaScript in the context of other authenticated administrators.

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