WordPress Daily Maui Photo Widget Plugin Multiple Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID:	47620
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Apr 28 2011 12:00AM
Updated:	Apr 28 2011 12:00AM
Credit:	High-Tech Bridge SA and vendor.
Vulnerable:	webnelly Daily Maui Photo Widget Plugin 0.2
Not Vulnerable:	webnelly Daily Maui Photo Widget Plugin 0.3

WordPress Daily Maui Photo Widget Plugin Multiple Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

The Daily Maui Photo Widget plugin for WordPress 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.

Daily Maui Photo Widget plugin 0.2 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

WordPress Daily Maui Photo Widget Plugin Multiple Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

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

The following example URI is available:

• /data/vulnerabilities/exploits/47620.txt

WordPress Daily Maui Photo Widget Plugin Multiple Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

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

WordPress Daily Maui Photo Widget Plugin Multiple Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

References:

• Daily Maui Photo Widget WordPress Plugin (WordPress)
  
• WordPress Homepage (WordPress)
  
• HTB22960: XSS in Daily Maui Photo Widget wordpress plugin (High-Tech Bridge SA)