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Posted on 28 April 2011
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TITLE:
WordPress WP Ajax Recent Posts Plugin "number" Cross-Site Scripting
Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA44348
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RELEASE DATE:
2011-04-28
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DESCRIPTION:
High-Tech Bridge SA has discovered a vulnerability in the WP Ajax
Recent Posts plugin for WordPress, which can be exploited by
malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.
Input passed to the "number" parameter in index.php (when "action" is
set to "wpAjaxRecentPosts") is not properly sanitised in
wp-content/plugins/wp-ajax-recent-posts/func/function.php before
being returned to the user. This can be exploited to execute
arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's browser session in context
of an affected site.
The vulnerability is confirmed in version 1.0.1. Other versions may
also be affected.
SOLUTION:
Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly sanitised.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
High-Tech Bridge SA
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
HTB22951:
http://www.htbridge.ch/advisory/xss_in_wp_ajax_recent_posts_wordpress_plugin.html
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http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/
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EXPLOIT:
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