WordPress Sodahead Polls Plugin Multiple Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID:	46902
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Mar 17 2011 12:00AM
Updated:	Mar 17 2011 12:00AM
Credit:	High-Tech Bridge SA
Vulnerable:	SodaHead Sodahead Polls 2.0.2
Not Vulnerable:	SodaHead Sodahead Polls 2.0.3

WordPress Sodahead Polls Plugin Multiple Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

Sodahead Polls is prone to multiple cross-site scripting vulnerabilities because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

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

Sodahead Polls 2.0.2 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

WordPress Sodahead Polls Plugin Multiple Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

Attackers can exploit these issues by enticing an unsuspecting user to follow a malicious URI.

The following proof-of-concept URIs are available:

• /data/vulnerabilities/exploits/46902.txt

WordPress Sodahead Polls Plugin Multiple Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

Solution:
Vendor patches are available. Please see the references for more information.

WordPress Sodahead Polls Plugin Multiple Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

References:

• Sodahead Polls Homepage (Sodahead)
  
• WordPress Homepage (WordPress)
  
• HTB22893: XSS in Sodahead Polls wordpress plugin (advisory)
  
• HTB22893: XSS in Sodahead Polls wordpress plugin (High-Tech Bridge SA)
  
• HTB22894: XSS in Sodahead Polls wordpress plugin (High-Tech Bridge SA)
  
• HTB22894: XSS in Sodahead Polls wordpress plugin (advisory)