Redux Framework <= 4.5.15 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via multi_media Field and Client-Supplied checkuser_id
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- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: no
- Technical impact: partial
Summary
The Redux Framework WordPress plugin, used by themes and plugins to build admin option panels and user profile fields, is affected. An authenticated attacker with basic Subscriber-level access can store malicious scripts in their own user profile, which would run in the browser of an administrator who later views that profile in the WordPress dashboard.
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The Redux Framework plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in all versions up to, and including, 4.5.15 via the multi_media field. This is due to the field's renderer printing the stored value into an href attribute, a hidden input value and an HTML element without escaping, while every neighbouring attribute in the same method is wrapped in esc_attr(). It is compounded by Redux_Extension_Users::user_meta_save() evaluating a field's 'permissions' requirement against a user id taken from the request body ('checkuser_id') rather than the current user, so a Subscriber can write a field declared for 'manage_options'. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with Subscriber-level access and above to inject arbitrary web scripts into their own profile record that execute when an administrator views that user's profile in the dashboard. Requires a theme or plugin that registers a multi_media field through the Redux Users API.
Timeline
- CVE published
- First seen by cve.now
- CISA SSVC assessment
Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
- Record last updated
Affected versions
- davidanderson Redux Framework
through 4.5.15
References 7
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
- browser/redux-framework/tags/4.5.15/redux-core/inc/extensions/multi_media/multi_media/class-redux-multi-media.php#L110
- browser/redux-framework/tags/4.5.15/redux-core/inc/extensions/multi_media/multi_media/class-redux-multi-media.php#L147
- browser/redux-framework/tags/4.5.15/redux-core/inc/extensions/users/class-redux-extension-users.php#L1010
- browser/redux-framework/tags/4.5.15/redux-core/inc/extensions/users/class-redux-extension-users.php#L996
- changeset?reponame=&new=3741037%40redux-framework%2Ftags%2F4.5.16&old=3705066%40redux-framework%2Ftags%2F4.5.15
- changeset/3741037/redux-framework/trunk/redux-core/inc/extensions/multi_media/multi_media/class-redux-multi-media.php