WordPress Simply Poll Plugin HTML Injection and Cross Site Request Forgery Vulnerabilities
BID:58548
Info
WordPress Simply Poll Plugin HTML Injection and Cross Site Request Forgery Vulnerabilities
| Bugtraq ID: | 58548 |
| Class: | Input Validation Error |
| CVE: | |
| Remote: | Yes |
| Local: | No |
| Published: | Mar 18 2013 12:00AM |
| Updated: | Mar 18 2013 12:00AM |
| Credit: | m3tamantra |
| Vulnerable: | |
| Not Vulnerable: | |
Discussion
WordPress Simply Poll Plugin HTML Injection and Cross Site Request Forgery Vulnerabilities
The Simply Poll plugin for WordPress is prone to an HTML-injection vulnerability and a cross-site request-forgery vulnerability.
Exploiting these issues may allow a remote attacker to perform certain unauthorized actions, execute arbitrary script or HTML code within the context of the browser, and steal cookie-based authentication credentials. Other attacks are also possible.
Simply Poll 1.4.1 is vulnerable; other version may also be affected.
The Simply Poll plugin for WordPress is prone to an HTML-injection vulnerability and a cross-site request-forgery vulnerability.
Exploiting these issues may allow a remote attacker to perform certain unauthorized actions, execute arbitrary script or HTML code within the context of the browser, and steal cookie-based authentication credentials. Other attacks are also possible.
Simply Poll 1.4.1 is vulnerable; other version may also be affected.
Exploit / POC
WordPress Simply Poll Plugin HTML Injection and Cross Site Request Forgery Vulnerabilities
An attacker can exploit HTML-injection issue through a browser.
To exploit the cross-site request-forgery issue, the attacker must entice an unsuspecting victim into visiting a malicious site.
The following example data is available:
An attacker can exploit HTML-injection issue through a browser.
To exploit the cross-site request-forgery issue, the attacker must entice an unsuspecting victim into visiting a malicious site.
The following example data is available:
Solution / Fix
WordPress Simply Poll Plugin HTML Injection and Cross Site Request Forgery 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 Simply Poll Plugin HTML Injection and Cross Site Request Forgery Vulnerabilities
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