WordPress Admin Bar and Dashboard Access Control plugin version 1.28 suffers from a persistent cross site scripting vulnerability.
advisories | CVE-2023-47184
# Exploit Title: WordPress Plugin Admin Bar & Dashboard Access Control Version: 1.2.8 - "Dashboard Redirect" field Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
# Google Dork: NA
# Date: 28/10/2023
# Exploit Author: Rachit Arora
# Vendor Homepage:
# Software Link: https://wordpress.org/plugins/admin-bar-dashboard-control/
# Version: 1.2.8
# Category: Web Application
# Tested on: Windows
# CVE : 2023-47184
1. Install WordPress (latest)
2. Install and activate Admin Bar & Dashboard Access Control.
3. Navigate to "Admin Bar & Dash" >> Under Dashboard Access and in the "Dashboard Redirect" enter the payload into the input field.
"onfocusin=alert``+autofocus>
"onfocusin=alert`document.domain`+autofocus>
4. You will observe that the payload successfully got stored and when you are triggering the same functionality in that time JavaScript payload is executing successfully and we are getting a pop-up.
