WordPress CVE-2016-9263 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

BID:101294

CVE-2016-9263 |

Info

WordPress CVE-2016-9263 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 101294
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2016-9263
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Oct 12 2017 12:00AM
Updated: Oct 12 2017 12:00AM
Credit: Enguerran Gillier
Vulnerable: WordPress WordPress 4.8.2
WordPress WordPress 4.8.1
WordPress WordPress 4.7.4
WordPress WordPress 4.7.2
WordPress WordPress 4.7.1
WordPress WordPress 4.6.1
WordPress WordPress 4.5.2
WordPress WordPress 4.5.1
WordPress WordPress 4.5
WordPress WordPress 4.4.1
WordPress WordPress 4.4
WordPress WordPress 4.2.4
WordPress WordPress 4.2.3
WordPress WordPress 4.2.2
WordPress WordPress 4.2.1
WordPress WordPress 4.1.2
WordPress WordPress 4.1.1
WordPress WordPress 4.1
WordPress WordPress 3.9.2
WordPress WordPress 3.9.1
WordPress WordPress 3.9
WordPress WordPress 3.8.2
WordPress WordPress 3.8.1
WordPress WordPress 3.7.4
WordPress WordPress 3.7.1
WordPress WordPress 3.6.1
WordPress WordPress 3.6
WordPress WordPress 3.5.2
WordPress WordPress 3.5.1
WordPress WordPress 3.3.2
WordPress WordPress 3.2.2
WordPress WordPress 3.1.4
WordPress WordPress 3.1.3
WordPress WordPress 3.1.2
WordPress WordPress 3.1.1
WordPress WordPress 3.0.5
WordPress WordPress 3.0.4
WordPress WordPress 3.0.3
WordPress WordPress 3.0.2
WordPress WordPress 2.9.2
WordPress WordPress 2.9.1
WordPress WordPress 2.8.6
WordPress WordPress 2.8.5
WordPress WordPress 2.8.4
WordPress WordPress 2.8.3
WordPress WordPress 2.8.2
WordPress WordPress 2.8.1
WordPress WordPress 2.6.5
WordPress WordPress 2.6.2
WordPress WordPress 2.6.1
WordPress WordPress 2.5.1
WordPress WordPress 2.3.3
WordPress WordPress 2.3.2
WordPress WordPress 2.3.1
WordPress WordPress 2.2.3
WordPress WordPress 2.2.2
WordPress WordPress 2.2.1
WordPress WordPress 2.1.3
WordPress WordPress 2.1.2
WordPress WordPress 2.1.1
WordPress WordPress 2.0.11
WordPress WordPress 2.0.10
WordPress WordPress 2.0.7
WordPress WordPress 2.0.6
WordPress WordPress 2.0.5
WordPress WordPress 2.0.4
WordPress WordPress 2.0.3
WordPress WordPress 2.0.2
WordPress WordPress 2.0.1
WordPress WordPress 2.0
WordPress WordPress 1.5.2
WordPress WordPress 1.5.1 .3
WordPress WordPress 1.5.1 .2
WordPress WordPress 1.5.1
WordPress WordPress 1.5
WordPress WordPress 1.3.1
WordPress WordPress 1.2.2
WordPress WordPress 1.2.1
WordPress WordPress 1.2
+ Gentoo Linux 1.4
+ Gentoo Linux
WordPress WordPress 0.6.2
WordPress WordPress 4.7.5
WordPress WordPress 4.7.3
WordPress WordPress 4.7
WordPress WordPress 4.6
WordPress WordPress 4.5.3
WordPress WordPress 4.4.2
WordPress WordPress 4.3.1
WordPress WordPress 4.3
WordPress WordPress 4.2
WordPress WordPress 4.0.1
WordPress WordPress 4.0
WordPress WordPress 3.9.3
WordPress WordPress 3.9
WordPress WordPress 3.8.5
WordPress WordPress 3.8.4
WordPress WordPress 3.8.3
WordPress WordPress 3.8
WordPress WordPress 3.7.5
WordPress WordPress 3.7
WordPress WordPress 3.5
WordPress WordPress 3.4.2
WordPress WordPress 3.4.1
WordPress WordPress 3.4
WordPress WordPress 3.3.3
WordPress WordPress 3.3.1
WordPress WordPress 3.3
WordPress WordPress 3.2.1
WordPress WordPress 3.2
WordPress WordPress 3.1
WordPress WordPress 3.0.6
WordPress WordPress 3.0.1
WordPress WordPress 2.9.1.1
WordPress WordPress 2.9
WordPress WordPress 2.8.5.2
WordPress WordPress 2.8.5.1
WordPress WordPress 2.8
WordPress WordPress 2.7.1
WordPress WordPress 2.7
WordPress WordPress 2.6.3
WordPress WordPress 2.6
WordPress WordPress 2.5
WordPress WordPress 2.3
WordPress WordPress 2.2.0
WordPress WordPress 2.2
WordPress WordPress 2.1
WordPress WordPress 2.0.9
WordPress WordPress 2.0.8
WordPress WordPress 1.6.2
WordPress WordPress 1.6
WordPress WordPress 1.5.1.1
WordPress WordPress 1.5
WordPress WordPress 1.4
WordPress WordPress 1.3.3
WordPress WordPress 1.3.2
WordPress WordPress 1.3
WordPress WordPress 1.2.5
WordPress WordPress 1.2.4
WordPress WordPress 1.2.3
WordPress WordPress 1.1.1
WordPress WordPress 1.0.2
WordPress WordPress 1.0.1
WordPress WordPress 0.72
WordPress WordPress 0.711
WordPress WordPress 0.71
WordPress WordPress 0.7
WordPress WordPress 0.6.2.1
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

WordPress CVE-2016-9263 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

WordPress is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability.

An attacker may leverage this issue to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This may allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and to launch other attacks.

WordPress through 4.8.2 are vulnerable.

Exploit / POC

WordPress CVE-2016-9263 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

To exploit this issue, the attacker must entice an unsuspecting victim into following a malicious URI.

Solution / Fix

WordPress CVE-2016-9263 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently, we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

References

WordPress CVE-2016-9263 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

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