VK All in One Expansion Unit <= 9.118.0 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'vkExUnit_cta_img_position' Post Meta
- Published
- Last modified
- Where the record stands: published, rejected by its publisher, or superseded by another id.What do these mean? →
- published
- Whether CISA lists it in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: proof that attackers are using it.What do these mean? →
- 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 VK All in One Expansion Unit plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'vkExUnit_cta_img_position' Post Meta in all versions up to, and including, 9.118.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. The sanitize_text_field callback applied on save does not strip double-quote characters or on* event-handler attributes, and the output filter Vk_Call_To_Action::safe_kses_post() only rewrites disallowed iframe elements while returning all other content verbatim, leaving the injected payload intact in the rendered HTML.
Timeline
- CVE published
- CISA SSVC assessment
Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
- Record last updated
Affected versions
- kurudrive VK All in One Expansion Unit
through 9.118.0
References 10
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
- browser/vk-all-in-one-expansion-unit/tags/9.118.0/inc/call-to-action/package/block/index.php#L281
- browser/vk-all-in-one-expansion-unit/tags/9.118.0/inc/block-editor-panels/enqueue.php#L195
- browser/vk-all-in-one-expansion-unit/tags/9.118.0/inc/call-to-action/package/class-vk-call-to-action.php#L747
- browser/vk-all-in-one-expansion-unit/tags/9.118.0/inc/call-to-action/package/view-actionbox.php#L72
- browser/vk-all-in-one-expansion-unit/tags/9.116.0/inc/call-to-action/package/block/index.php#L281
- browser/vk-all-in-one-expansion-unit/tags/9.116.0/inc/block-editor-panels/enqueue.php#L195
- browser/vk-all-in-one-expansion-unit/tags/9.116.0/inc/call-to-action/package/class-vk-call-to-action.php#L747
- browser/vk-all-in-one-expansion-unit/tags/9.116.0/inc/call-to-action/package/view-actionbox.php#L72
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