Vulnerabilities and security researches forpowies-whois powies-whois

Jun 16, 2026

CVE, Research URL: d3dab2d8480cee7d7dee5a00bb968b4cee6c154a
Home page URL: Security reports for Powie's WHOIS Domain Check
Application: Powie's WHOIS Domain Check
Date: Jul 07, 2020
Research Description: Powie's WHOIS Domain Check [powies-whois] < 0.9.32 Power's WHOIS Domain Check <= 0.9.31 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting The Power's WHOIS Domain Check plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via several parameters in versions up to, and including, 0.9.31 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Affected versions: max 0.9.32.
Status: vulnerable

CVE, Research URL: 8c8a8a35-a04f-429e-8843-8201eebab421
Home page URL: Security reports for Powie's WHOIS Domain Check
Application: Powie's WHOIS Domain Check
Date: -
Research Description: Powie's WHOIS Domain Check [powies-whois] < 0.9.33 Powie's WHOIS Domain Check < 0.9.33 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting The plugin does not properly sanitise and encode user input when output back in its settings page, leading to authenticated (from high privileged users) stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issues.
Affected versions: max 0.9.33.
Status: vulnerable

May 16, 2026

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2020-37225
Home page URL: Security reports for Powie's WHOIS Domain Check
Application: Powie's WHOIS Domain Check
Date: May 13, 2026
Research Description: Powie's WHOIS Domain Check 0.9.31 contains a persistent cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows authenticated attackers to inject arbitrary JavaScript by exploiting unsanitized input fields in plugin settings. Attackers can submit malicious payloads through textarea and input elements in the pwhois_settings.php configuration page to execute JavaScript in the admin context and escalate privileges.
Affected versions: max 0.9.31.
Status: vulnerable

Jun 06, 2024

CVE, Research URL: 762efd828a5492860013f6b836d6c23b2af66b74
Home page URL: Security reports for Powie's WHOIS Domain Check
Application: Powie's WHOIS Domain Check
Date: Jul 09, 2020
Research Description: Powie's WHOIS Domain Check [powies-whois] < 0.9.33 WordPress Powie's WHOIS Domain Check plugin <= 0.9.31 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability discovered by mqt in WordPress Powie's WHOIS Domain Check plugin (versions <= 0.9.31).
Affected versions: max 0.9.33.
Status: vulnerable