Automattic · Report #2012636
Stored XSS on wordpress.com
How it was found
Summary:
Hello team, I found a Stored XSS vulnerability in WordPress.com via app.crowdsignal.com. It is similar to report #1987172.
Platform(s) Affected:
wordpress.com
1 .Go to https://app.crowdsignal.com/dashboard and create a poll. 2. Enter the following payload as an answer: "style="position:fixed;top:0;left:0;border:999em solid green;" onmouseover="alert(document.cookie)" 3. Go to "Share Your Poll" and copy the link. 4. Navigate to https://wordpress.com/posts and add a new post. 5. Include the copied link in the post. 6. Save the post. 7. Open the page and click on "View Results." 8. The XSS vulnerability will be triggered.
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Impact
The attacker can use this issue to execute malicious script code in the victim user browser also redirect the victim user to malicious sites