CVE-2022-4260 PoC — WP-Ban < 1.69.1 - Admin+ Stored XSS

Source

https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2022/CVE-2022-4260.yaml

Associated Vulnerability

Title:WP-Ban < 1.69.1 - Admin+ Stored XSS (CVE-2022-4260)
Description:The WP-Ban WordPress plugin before 1.69.1 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).

Description

WordPress WP-Ban plugin before 1.69.1 contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability. The plugin does not sanitize and escape some of its settings, which can allow high-privilege users to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks. This vulnerability can be exploited even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed, for example in multisite setup.

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