miniOrange's Google Authenticator <= 5.5.5 - Authenticated (Admin+) Cross-Site Scripting

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2022-1321
CVSS Medium (5.5)
Publicly Published June 6, 2022
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Niraj Mahajan
Description

The miniOrange's Google Authenticator plugin for WordPress vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘Add Referer’ field in versions up to, and including, 5.5.5 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with administrative capabilities to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html have been disabled.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug miniorange-2-factor-authentication (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 5.5.5
Patched Version
  • 5.5.6
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