WordPress Rating-Widget Plugin Multiple Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID:	46904
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Mar 17 2011 12:00AM
Updated:	Mar 17 2011 12:00AM
Credit:	Todor Donev
Vulnerable:	WordPress Rating-Widget 1.3.1
Not Vulnerable:

WordPress Rating-Widget Plugin Multiple Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

Rating-Widget 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.

Rating-Widget 1.3.1 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

WordPress Rating-Widget 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:

http://www.example.com/wp-content/plugins/rating-widget/view/rating.php?vars[type]=[xss]
http://www.example.com/plugins/rating-widget/view/availability_options.php?selected_key=[xss]
http://www.example.com/wp-content/plugins/rating-widget/view/save.php?rw_form_hidden_field_name=[xss]

WordPress Rating-Widget Plugin Multiple Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

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

WordPress Rating-Widget Plugin Multiple Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

References:

• WordPress Homepage (WordPress)
  
• HTB22889: XSS in Rating-Widget wordpress plugin ([email protected])
  
• HTB22890: XSS in Rating-Widget wordpress plugin (High-Tech Bridge SA)
  
• HTB22891: XSS in Rating-Widget wordpress plugin (High-Tech Bridge SA)