WordPress WP Easy Gallery 'admin.php' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	53515
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	May 15 2012 12:00AM
Updated:	May 15 2012 12:00AM
Credit:	Heine Pedersen and Torben Jensen
Vulnerable:	WordPress WP Easy Gallery plugin 1.7
Not Vulnerable:

WordPress WP Easy Gallery 'admin.php' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

The WP Easy Gallery 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 to launch other attacks.

WP Easy Gallery 1.7 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

WordPress WP Easy Gallery 'admin.php' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

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

WordPress WP Easy Gallery 'admin.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 WP Easy Gallery 'admin.php' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• Wordpress church_admin Plugin "id" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability (Sammy Forgit)
  
• WP Easy Gallery Plugin webpage (Wordpress)