WP Subtitle <= 3.4 - Cross-Site Scripting

6.1
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2022-1393
CVSS 6.1 (Medium)
Publicly Published April 25, 2022
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Francesco Carlucci

Description

The WP Subtitle WordPress plugin before 3.4.1 adds a subtitle field and provides a shortcode to display it via [wp_subtitle]. The subtitle is stored as a custom post meta with the key: "wps_subtitle", which is sanitized upon post save/update, however is not sanitized when updating it directly from the post meta update button (via AJAX) - and this makes the XSS exploitable by authenticated users with a role as low as contributor.

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Vulnerability Details for WP Subtitle

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wp-subtitle (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 3.4.1, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 3.4
Patched Version
  • 3.4.1

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