Cross-Site Scripting in Activity Log WordPress Plugin

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Cross-Site Scripting in Activity Log WordPress Plugin
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Yorick Koster, July 2016

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Abstract
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A Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability was found in the Activity Log
WordPress Plugin. This issue allows an attacker to perform a wide
variety of actions, such as stealing Administrators' session tokens, or
performing arbitrary actions on their behalf. In order to exploit this
issue, the attacker has to lure/force a logged on WordPress
Administrator into opening a malicious website.

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OVE ID
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OVE-20160724-0022

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Tested versions
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This issue was successfully tested on Activity Log WordPress Plugin
version 2.3.2

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Fix
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This issue is fixed in Activity Log version 2.3.3

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Details
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https://sumofpwn.nl/advisory/2016/cross_site_scripting_in_activity_log_wordpress_plugin.html

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