WordPress Google Maps 2.1.2 Cross Site Scripting
Posted on 30 November -0001
<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>WordPress Google Maps 2.1.2 Cross Site Scripting</TITLE><META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></HEAD><BODY>------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in Google Maps WordPress Plugin ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Julien Rentrop, July 2016 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Abstract ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability was found in the Google Maps WordPress Plugin. This issue allows an attacker to perform a wide variety of actions, such as stealing users' session tokens, or performing arbitrary actions on their behalf. In order to exploit this issue, the attacker has to lure/force a victim into opening a malicious website/link. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ OVE ID ------------------------------------------------------------------------ OVE-20160712-0038 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tested versions ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This issue was successfully tested on Google Maps WordPress Plugin version 2.1.2. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fix ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This issue is resolved in Google Maps version 2.1.4. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Details ------------------------------------------------------------------------ https://sumofpwn.nl/advisory/2016/cross_site_scripting_vulnerability_in_google_maps_wordpress_plugin.html This issue exists due to the lack of output encoding on the id URL parameter. The vulnerable code fragment is listed below: <form action="admin.php?page=hugeitgooglemaps_main&task=edit_cat&id=<?php echo $_GET['id']; ?>" method="post" name="adminform" id="adminform"> Proof of concept http://<target>/wp-admin/admin.php?page=hugeitgooglemaps_main&task=edit_cat&id=1%22%3E%3Ch3%3EBREAK%3C%2Fh3%3E ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Summer of Pwnage (https://sumofpwn.nl) is a Dutch community project. Its goal is to contribute to the security of popular, widely used OSS projects in a fun and educational way. </BODY></HTML>
