Simple Banner <= 2.11.0 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
CVE-2022-2515

6.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Wordpress
Status
Simple Banner – An Easy To Use Banner/bar/notification/announcement For The Top Or Bottom Of Your Website
Vendor
CVE Published:
6 September 2022

Summary

The Simple Banner plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the pro_version_activation_code parameter in versions up to, and including, 2.11.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, including those without administrative capabilities when access is granted to those users, to inject arbitrary web scripts in page that will execute whenever a user role having access to "Simple Banner" accesses the plugin's settings.

Affected Version(s)

Simple Banner – An easy to use Banner/Bar/Notification/Announcement for the top or bottom of your website * <= 2.11.0

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&s...
https://gist.github.com/Xib3rR4dAr/6aa9e730c1d030a5ee9f9d...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.4
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Muhammad Zeeshan
.