hpb Dashboard <= 1.3.1 - Authenticated (Admin+) Cross-Site Scripting

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2022-1542
CVSS Medium (4.8)
Publicly Published May 9, 2022
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Vinay Varma Mudunuri, Krishna Harsha Kondaveeti
Description

The HPB Dashboard WordPress plugin through 1.3.1 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when unfiltered_html is disallowed.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug hpbtool (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? No
Affected Version
  • <= 1.3.1
Patched Version
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