#wordpress

The Accept Donations with PayPal WordPress plugin before 1.3.1 offers a function to create donation buttons, which internally are posts. The process to create a new button is lacking a CSRF check. An attacker could use this to make an authenticated admin create a new button. Furthermore, one of the Button field is not escaped before being output in an attribute when editing a Button, leading to a Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue as well.

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One of the hands-on experts from our forums shares their advice on how to protect your data, security, and privacy. Categories: Malwarebytes news Tags: data privacy security tips *( Read more... ( https://blog.malwarebytes.com/malwarebytes-news/2021/10/tips-to-protect-your-data-security-and-privacy-from-an-hands-on-expert/ ) )* The post Tips to protect your data, security, and privacy from a hands-on expert appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Shrootless is a vulnerability found in macOS that can bypass the System Integrity Protection by abusing inherited permissions. Categories: Exploits and vulnerabilities Mac Tags: cve-2021-30892 macOS post installation script Shrootless SIP system_installid zsh zshenv *( Read more... ( https://blog.malwarebytes.com/exploits-and-vulnerabilities/2021/10/shrootless-microsoft-finds-apple-vulnerability-in-macos/ ) )* The post Shrootless: Microsoft finds Apple macOS vulnerability appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

The Request a Quote WordPress plugin before 2.3.9 does not sanitise, validate or escape some of its settings in the admin dashboard, leading to authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting issues even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed.

The WP Debugging WordPress plugin before 2.11.0 has its update_settings() function hooked to admin_init and is missing any authorisation and CSRF checks, as a result, the settings can be updated by unauthenticated users.

The Cookie Bar WordPress plugin before 1.8.9 doesn't properly sanitise the Cookie Bar Message setting, which could allow high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed

The Special Text Boxes WordPress plugin before 5.9.110 does not sanitise or escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html is disallowed.

The jQuery Reply to Comment WordPress plugin through 1.31 does not have any CSRF check when saving its settings, nor sanitise or escape its 'Quote String' and 'Reply String' settings before outputting them in Comments, leading to a Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue.

The St-Daily-Tip WordPress plugin through 4.7 does not have any CSRF check in place when saving its 'Default Text to Display if no tips' setting, and was also lacking sanitisation as well as escaping before outputting it the page. This could allow attacker to make logged in administrators set a malicious payload in it, leading to a Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue