NextGEN Gallery WordPress Plugin 'xml/media-rss.php' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	39250
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2010-1186
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Apr 06 2010 12:00AM
Updated:	Apr 06 2010 12:00AM
Credit:	Alejandro Rodriguez from Core Security Technologies
Vulnerable:	Alex Rabe NextGEN Gallery 1.5.1 Alex Rabe NextGEN Gallery 1.5
Not Vulnerable:	Alex Rabe NextGEN Gallery 1.5.2

NextGEN Gallery WordPress Plugin 'xml/media-rss.php' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

The NextGEN Gallery plugin for WordPress is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied data.

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.

NextGEN Gallery 1.5.0 and 1.5.1 are vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

NextGEN Gallery WordPress Plugin 'xml/media-rss.php' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

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

The following example URI is available:

• /data/vulnerabilities/exploits/39250.txt

NextGEN Gallery WordPress Plugin 'xml/media-rss.php' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references for details.

NextGEN Gallery WordPress Plugin 'xml/media-rss.php' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• CORE-2010-0323: XSS Vulnerability in NextGEN Gallery Wordpress Plugin (Core Security Technologies)
  
• NextGEN Gallery Homepage (Alex Rabe)
  
• CORE-2010-0323: XSS Vulnerability in NextGEN Gallery Wordpress Plugin (CORE Security Technologies Advisories )