[FD] Reflected XSS in WooCommerce – excelling eCommerce allows attackers ability to do almost anything an admin user can do (WordPress plugin)

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Details
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Software: WooCommerce - excelling eCommerce
Version: 2.1.12
Homepage: http://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce/
Advisory report: 
https://security.dxw.com/advisories/reflected-xss-in-woocommerce-excelling-ecommerce-allows-attackers-ability-to-do-almost-anything-an-admin-user-can-do/
CVE: Awaiting assignment
CVSS: 6.8 (Medium; AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

Description
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Reflected XSS in WooCommerce – excelling eCommerce allows attackers ability to 
do almost anything an admin user can do

Vulnerability
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An attacker able to convince a logged-in admin user to visit a link of their 
choosing (for instance via spearphishing) can execute arbitrary JavaScript 
within the admin’s browser which could cause it to delete all posts, create new 
admin users, or leverage other functionality accessible only to admins.

Proof of concept
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If a logged-in administrator visits the following url, a javascript alert will 
display on in the admin screen:
http://localhost/wp-admin/admin.php?page=wc-reports&range=%22%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%281%29%3C/script%3E
Note that this will not work in a browser with reflected XSS prevention (e.g. 
Google Chrome)

Mitigations
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Upgrade to version 2.2.3 or later

Disclosure policy
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dxw believes in responsible disclosure. Your attention is drawn to our 
disclosure policy: https://security.dxw.com/disclosure/

Please contact us on security@xxxxxxx to acknowledge this report if you 
received it via a third party (for example, plugins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) as they 
generally cannot communicate with us on your behalf.

This vulnerability will be published if we do not receive a response to this 
report with 14 days.

Timeline
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2014-08-28: Discovered
2014-09-15: Reported to Vendor by email
2014-09-15: Requested CVE
2014-09-16: Vendor responded
2014-09-16: Fixed version released
2014-09-17: Published



Discovered by dxw:
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Tom Adams
Please visit security.dxw.com for more information.
          


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