WordPress Social Essentials Social Stats And Sharing Buttons 1.3.1 XSS
Posted on 17 December 2015
Plugin Name : Social Essentials Social Stats and Sharing Buttons Effected Version : 1.3.1 (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=social-essentils-setup se_settings_twitter_username = “><script>alert(1)</script> Vulnerable Parameter : se_settings_twitter_username Type of XSS : Stored Disclosure Timeline Vendor Contacted : 2014-08-04 Plugin Status : Closed on 2014-08-07 Public Disclosure : October 3, 2015 CVE Number : Not assigned yet Plugin Description : Social Essentials provides you with: A simple way to add social sharing buttons to your posts and pages. A simple way to add a call-to action to your buttons, to increase social engagement. Stats that show you how much your content is being shared, in detail. The following social networks are supported for both stats and buttons: Twitter Facebook (like/share button) Google+ StumbleUpon Pinterest We've chosen to include these, because they are the most powerful in terms of driving traffic to your site. It's better to focus on the top networks than to add buttons for hundreds of social sites that no one uses. This plugin now features improved Pinterest buttons! The plugin works around the inherent limitations of the Pinterest sharing button and offers the visitor a choice of which image on your page they want to pin. Alternatively, you can also have full control and manually select the image URL and description text for the Pinterest share.
