AIO Cache and Performance - Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS)

4.8

Medium

Detected by

Fluid Attacks SAST Scanner

Disclosed by

Andres Roldan

Offensive Team, Fluid Attacks

Summary

Full name

AIO Cache and Performance trunk - Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS)

Code name

State

Private

Release date

Mar 14, 2025

Affected product

AIO Cache and Performance

Affected version(s)

Version trunk

Vulnerability name

Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS)

Remotely exploitable

No

CVSS v4.0 vector string

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:L/VA:L/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L/E:U

CVSS v4.0 base score

4.8

Exploit available

No

Description

AIO Cache and Performance trunk was found to be vulnerable. The web application dynamically generates web content without validating the source of the potentially untrusted data in myapp/resources/cachehead/aio-cachehead. php.

Vulnerability

Skims by Fluid Attacks discovered a Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) in AIO Cache and Performance trunk. The following is the output of the tool:

Skims output

 23 | function phpch_setting_page() {
 24 | global $opt_value;
 25 |
 26 | if (!current_user_can('manage_options'))
 27 | wp_die( __('You do not have sufficient permissions to access this page.') );
 28 |
 29 | $opt_value = get_option( 'phpch_setting', 1800 );
 30 |
 31 | if ( is_numeric($_POST['phpch_value']) ) {
 32 | $opt_value = $_POST['phpch_value'];
 33 | update_option( 'phpch_setting', $opt_value );
 34 | ?>
 35 | <div class=""updated""><p><strong><?php _e('Settings saved.', 'phpch-menu' ); ?></strong></p></div>
 36 | <?php
 37 | } elseif ( isset($_POST['phpch_submit_hidden']) && $_POST['phpch_submit_hidden'] = 'Y' ) {
 38 | ?>
 39 | <div class=""updated""><p><strong><?php _e('Numeric values only!', 'phpch-menu' ); ?></strong></p></div>
 40 | <?php
 41 | }
 42 |
 43 | echo '<div class=""wrap"">';
 44 | echo '<div id=""icon-options-general"" class=""icon32""></div><h2>AIO Cache: PHP Expires Headers</h2>';
 45 | ?>
 46 | <h1><a href=""https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=ECVJZ2MJMJTB6&currency_code=USD"">To don
 47 | <form name=""form1"" method=""post"" action="""">
 48 | <input type=""hidden"" name=""phpch_submit_hidden"" value=""Y"" />
 49 | <h2>
 50 | <label for=""input1"">Cache For </label>
> 51 | <input type=""input"" name=""phpch_value"" id=""input1"" value=""<?php echo $opt_value; ?>"" size=""20"" /> Seconds <br />
 52 | </h2>
 53 | <p>
 54 | Cache For 0 Seconds = No Cache
 55 | <br />
 56 | </p>
 57 | <h3 class=""submit"">
 58 | <input type=""submit"" name=""Submit"" class=""button-primary"" value=""<?php esc_attr_e('Save Changes') ?>"" />
 59 | </h3>
 60 |
 61 | </form>
 62 | </div>
  63 |
  64 | <?php
  65 |
  66 | }
     ^ Col 0

Our security policy

We have reserved the ID CVE-2025-31289 to refer to this issue from now on. Disclosure policy

System Information

  • Product: AIO Cache and Performance

  • Version: trunk

Mitigation

There is currently no patch available for this vulnerability.

Timeline

Vulnerability discovered

Mar 14, 2025

Vendor contacted

Mar 14, 2025

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