Hustle <= 7.8.14.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Module Content Title
Impact
The Hustle – Email Marketing, Lead Generation, Optins, Popups plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'content[title]' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 7.8.14.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with custom-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. Exploitation requires that an administrator has explicitly granted the 'Create and Update Modules' (hustle_create / hustle_edit_module)…
Source excerpt · WordfenceExploitation requires that an administrator has explicitly granted the 'Create and Update Modules' (hustle_create / hustle_edit_module) capability to the attacker's role via the plugin's own Settings → Permissions feature; this delegation is not enabled by default.
Affected packages
Affected products
Vendor version evidence. Product records are separate from automatic dependency matching.
wpmudev · Hustle – Email Marketing, Lead Generation, Optins, Popups
Other versions: unaffected
| Version / range | Source status |
|---|---|
| 0 through 7.8.14.3 (inclusive) | affected |
Original source description
The Hustle – Email Marketing, Lead Generation, Optins, Popups plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'content[title]' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 7.8.14.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with custom-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. Exploitation requires that an administrator has explicitly granted the 'Create and Update Modules' (hustle_create / hustle_edit_module) capability to the attacker's role via the plugin's own Settings → Permissions feature; this delegation is not enabled by default.
References
- Security advisory www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a3ed1a2a-f9d5-4f34-8a8e-583ea7226df8
- Source reference plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wordpress-popup/tags/7.8.14.3/inc/front/hustle-module-renderer.php
- Source reference plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wordpress-popup/tags/7.8.14.3/inc/front/hustle-module-renderer.php
- Source reference plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wordpress-popup/tags/7.8.14.3/inc/hustle-module-model.php
- Source reference plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wordpress-popup/tags/7.8.14.3/inc/hustle-modules-common-admin-ajax.php
- Source reference plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wordpress-popup/tags/7.8.14.3/inc/front/hustle-module-front.php
- Patch plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3758337/wordpress-popup/trunk/inc/front/hustle-module-renderer.php