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XSS in answer my question plugin
- To: bugtraq@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Subject: XSS in answer my question plugin
- From: marcelavbx@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2012 04:15:11 GMT
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Exploit Title : Answer my question wordpress plugin Multiple Cross-Site
Scripting Vulnerabilities
Author:Marcela Benetrix
home:www.girlinthemiddle.net
Date: 09/19/12
version: 1.1
software link:http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/answer-my-question/
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Answer my question plugin description
This plugin allows users to ask question to the blog administrator in an easy,
simple way with a minimalistic and friendly design.It uses php and mysql to
store the questions.
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XSS location
The problem is located in the file: record_my_question.php which user's input
are not sanitized.
This plugin displays a form with many fields to fill in. 2 of them are
vulnerable to PERSISTENT cross site scripting. The vulnerable fields are:
* name
* subject
Via post, we can send malicious code in order to steal cookies, access to
sensitive information, do a web application defacement to every single user
that visits the poisoned profile.
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Vendor Notification
09/28/2012 to: the developer. He replied immediately and fixed the problem.
posted in plugin track repository http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/1576
Because of it, a new version has been released