WordPress Easy Contact Plugin Security Bypass and Multiple HTML Injection Vulnerabilities
BID:47940
Info
WordPress Easy Contact Plugin Security Bypass and Multiple HTML Injection Vulnerabilities
| Bugtraq ID: | 47940 |
| Class: | Input Validation Error |
| CVE: | |
| Remote: | Yes |
| Local: | No |
| Published: | May 23 2011 12:00AM |
| Updated: | May 23 2011 12:00AM |
| Credit: | MustLive |
| Vulnerable: |
WordPress Easy Contact Plugin 0.1.2 |
| Not Vulnerable: | |
Discussion
WordPress Easy Contact Plugin Security Bypass and Multiple HTML Injection Vulnerabilities
The Easy Contact plugin for WordPress is prone to a security bypass vulnerability and multiple HTML-injection vulnerabilities.
Successfully exploiting these issues may allow attackers to perform automated attacks on the affected application, may leverage the HTML-injection issues 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.
Easy Contact 0.1.2 and prior are vulnerable.
The Easy Contact plugin for WordPress is prone to a security bypass vulnerability and multiple HTML-injection vulnerabilities.
Successfully exploiting these issues may allow attackers to perform automated attacks on the affected application, may leverage the HTML-injection issues 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.
Easy Contact 0.1.2 and prior are vulnerable.
Exploit / POC
WordPress Easy Contact Plugin Security Bypass and Multiple HTML Injection Vulnerabilities
An attacker can exploit these issues via a browser or tool. To exploit a HTML-injection issue, the attacker must entice an unsuspecting victim to follow a malicious URI.
An attacker can exploit these issues via a browser or tool. To exploit a HTML-injection issue, the attacker must entice an unsuspecting victim to follow a malicious URI.
Solution / Fix
WordPress Easy Contact Plugin Security Bypass and Multiple HTML Injection Vulnerabilities
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].
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 Easy Contact Plugin Security Bypass and Multiple HTML Injection Vulnerabilities
References:
References:
- Product Homepage (WordPress)
- Vulnerabilities in Easy Contact for WordPress (MustLive)