WordPress flash-album-gallery Plugin 'flagshow.php' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	51031
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Dec 13 2011 12:00AM
Updated:	Dec 13 2011 12:00AM
Credit:	Am!r
Vulnerable:	WordPress flash-album-gallery 0
Not Vulnerable:

WordPress flash-album-gallery Plugin 'flagshow.php' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

flash-album-gallery plug-in for WordPress is prone to a cross-site-scripting vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied data.

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 flash-album-gallery Plugin 'flagshow.php' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

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

The following exploit URL is available:

http://www.example.com/[path]/wp-content/plugins/flash-album-gallery/flagshow.php?pid=[xss]

WordPress flash-album-gallery Plugin 'flagshow.php' 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 flash-album-gallery Plugin 'flagshow.php' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• flash-album-gallery plugin Homepage (Wordpress)