Shiny Buttons – CSS3 Button Generator for WordPress <= 1.1.0 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2021-24792
CVSS High (7.2)
Publicly Published November 15, 2021
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Vishal Mohan
Description

The Shiny Buttons WordPress plugin through 1.1.0 does not have any authorisation and CSRF in place when saving a template (wpbtn_save_template function hooked to the init action), nor sanitise and escape them before outputting them in the admin dashboard, which allow unauthenticated users to add a malicious template and lead to Stored Cross-Site Scripting issues.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug shiny-buttons (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? No
Affected Version
  • <= 1.1.0
Patched Version
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