WordPress Alert Before Your Post Plugin 'name' Parameter Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	50743
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2011-5107
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Nov 21 2011 12:00AM
Updated:	Mar 19 2015 07:35AM
Credit:	Am!r (IrIsT?)
Vulnerable:	WordPress alert-before-your-post 0
Not Vulnerable:

WordPress Alert Before Your Post Plugin 'name' Parameter Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Alert Before Your Post plugin 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.

WordPress Alert Before Your Post Plugin 'name' Parameter Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

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

The following example URL is available:

http://www.example.com/[path]/wp-content/plugins/alert-before-your-post/trunk/post_alert.php?name=[xss]

WordPress Alert Before Your Post Plugin 'name' Parameter Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

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].

WordPress Alert Before Your Post Plugin 'name' Parameter Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• Alert Before Your Post Homepage (WordPress)
  
• Wordpress alert-before-your-post Plugin Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities ([email protected])