WordPress News Theme 'cpage' Parameter Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	49871
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2011-3850
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Sep 24 2011 12:00AM
Updated:	Sep 24 2011 12:00AM
Credit:	jabdah
Vulnerable:	DevPress News 0.1
Not Vulnerable:	DevPress News 0.2

WordPress News Theme 'cpage' Parameter Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

The News theme for WordPress is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

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 can allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

Versions prior to News theme 0.2 are vulnerable.

WordPress News Theme 'cpage' Parameter Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Attackers can exploit this issue by enticing an unsuspecting victim to follow a malicious URI.

The following example URI is available:

http://www.example.com/?p=8&cpage=[xss]

WordPress News Theme 'cpage' Parameter Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

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

WordPress News Theme 'cpage' Parameter Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• WordPress Homepage (WordPress)
  
• XSS in Wordpress Theme - News (SiteWatch)