WordPress Knews Multilingual Newsletters Plugin Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54330

Security Info

Bugtraq ID:	54330
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Jul 06 2012 12:00AM
Updated:	Jul 06 2012 12:00AM
Credit:	Sammy Forgit
Vulnerable:

Not Vulnerable:

Security Discussion

Knews Multilingual Newsletters for WordPress is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker may leverage this issue to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This can allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and to launch other attacks.

Knews Multilingual Newsletters 1.1.0 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

Proof of Concept and Security Exploits

The following example URI is available:

http://www.example.com/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/knews/wysiwyg/fontpicker/?ff=%22%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28123%29%3C/script%3E

Security Solution(s)

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: vuldb@securityfocus.com.

Security References(s)

References:

WordPress Homepage (WordPress)

Emagined Security Blog featuring Dr. Eugene Schultz

Secure Web Programming
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