WordPress Donate 2.0.1 Cross Site Scripting
Posted on 17 December 2015
Plugin Name : Donate Effected Version : 2.0.1 (and most probably lower version's if any) Vulnerability : A3-Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Identified by : Madhu Akula Technical Details Minimum Level of Access Required : Administrator PoC - (Proof of Concept) : The following field put the payload as below http://localhost/wp-admin/admin.php?page=donate.php dnt_paypal_purpose = ‘><script>alert(2)</script> Vulnerable Parameter : dnt_paypal_purpose Type of XSS : Stored Fixed in : 2.0.1 http://wordpress.org/plugins/donate-button/changelog/ Disclosure Timeline Vendor Contacted : 2014-08-04 Plugin Status : Updated on 2014-08-07 Public Disclosure : October 3, 2015 CVE Number : Not assigned yet Plugin Description : Donate plugin helps to get donations from payment systems, like PayPal or 2CheckOut. It has a user-friendly and simple interface which allows to place the donate button anywhere on the site.
