CVE-2022-2515: The Simple Banner plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the `pro_version_activation_code` parameter in versions up to, and including, 2.11.0 due to insufficient inpu...

Summary

The Simple Banner plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the `pro_version_activation_code` parameter in versions up to, and including, 2.11.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, including those...

What to do

Update simple_banner_project simple_banner to version 2.12.0 or later.

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
simple_banner_project	simple_banner	< 2.12.0 `cpe:2.3:a:simple_banner_project:simple_banner::::::wordpress::*`

Original advisory text

The Simple Banner plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the `pro_version_activation_code` parameter in versions up to, and including, 2.11.0 due to insufficient inpu...

The Simple Banner plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the `pro_version_activation_code` parameter in versions up to, and including, 2.11.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, including those without administrative capabilities when access is granted to those users, to inject arbitrary web scripts in page that will execute whenever a user role having access to "Simple Banner" accesses the plugin's settings.

References

https://gist.github.com/Xib3rR4dAr/6aa9e730c1d030a5ee9f9d1eae6fbd5e Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old... Patch
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3bb9520d-e679-4e8a-ae3... Third Party Advisory
https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2022-2515 Third Party Advisory