Vulnerability CVE-2022-1009


Published: 2022-05-30

Description:
The Smush WordPress plugin before 3.9.9 does not sanitise and escape a configuration parameter before outputting it back in an admin page when uploading a malicious preset configuration, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting. For the attack to be successful, an attacker would need an admin to upload a malicious configuration file

Type:

CWE-79

(Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting'))

 References:
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/bb5af08f-bb19-46a1-a7ac-8381f428c11e

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