WPBakery Page Builder for WordPress <= 6.4 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

2020-10-07 00:00
Chloe Chamberland

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 6.4.1
Affected PluginWPBakery Page Builder
Affected Version<= 6.4
CVSS6.4Medium
CVECVE-2020-28650
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Vulnerability Overview

The WPBakery plugin for WordPress, in versions 6.4 and below, was designed with a flaw that could give users with contributor and author level roles the ability to inject malicious JavaScript into pages and posts. This flaw also gave these users the ability to edit other users’ posts. The plugin explicitly disabled any default post HTML filtering checks in the saveAjaxFe function using kses_remove_filters();. This meant that any user with access to the WPBakery builder could inject HTML and JavaScript anywhere in a post using the page builder.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 6.4.1, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')) The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.

External References

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