Advisories

wpDiscuz before 7.6.47 - Cross-Site Scripting via Unescaped Custom CSS in Style Tag

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severity
medium
date
Affecting
  • wpDiscuz < 7.6.47

CWE
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVSS
5.1
CVSS V4 Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
Credit
Scott Moore - VulnCheck
Description
wpDiscuz before 7.6.47 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability in the customCss field that allows administrators to inject malicious scripts by breaking out of style tags. Attackers with admin access can inject payloads like </style><script>alert(1)</script> in the custom CSS setting to execute arbitrary JavaScript in user browsers.

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