Sniplets plugin for WordPress multiple scripts cross-site scripting
| sniplets-multiple-xss (40830) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Sniplets plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the warning.php, notice.php, inset.php, submenu.php, execute.php, and pager.php scripts. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using text, url, or page parameter in a specially-crafted URL to execute script in a victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site, once the URL is clicked. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials.
Platforms Affected:
- John Godley, Sniplets plugin for WordPress 1.1.2
Remedy:
No remedy available as of August 30, 2008.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Mon Feb 25 2008 - 10:46:50 CST, Wordpress Plugin Sniplets 1.1.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-02/0421.html.
- milw0rm.com [2008-02-26], Wordpress Plugin Sniplets 1.1.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities RFI/XSS/RCE at http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/5194.
- Urban Giraffe Web site, Sniplets Plugin at http://urbangiraffe.com/plugins/sniplets/.
- BID-27985: WordPress Sniplets Plugin Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2008-1061: Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Sniplets 1.1.2 and 1.2.2 plugin for WordPress allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) text parameter to (a) warning.php, (b) notice.php, and (c) inset.php in view/sniplets/, and possibly (d) modules/execute.php; the (2) url parameter to (e) view/admin/submenu.php; and the (3) page parameter to (f) view/admin/pager.php.
- SA29099: WordPress Sniplets Plugin Multiple Vulnerabilities
Reported:
Feb 25, 2008
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