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Wordpress vulnerability #141

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andymeneely opened this issue May 9, 2023 · 0 comments
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Wordpress vulnerability #141

andymeneely opened this issue May 9, 2023 · 0 comments
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https://www.theregister.com/2023/05/08/wordpress_plugin_vulnerability/

A big XSS just happened recently. This reminds me - we could/should add Wordpress to our case studies. I've published papers using data from Wordpress vulnerabilities before. It's a doable case study.

Some things to discuss about this vulnerability:

  • Escaping for XSS is really really hard
  • You have to remember to use the escaping properly. You can't solve it for everyone - everyone must know what it does
  • WP is particularly vulnerable because they rely on a lot of plugins and there's no sandboxing between those plugins

Some good factoids from this article, too.
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