WordPress WP Symposium Plugin CVE-2013-2695 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	59044
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2013-2695
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Apr 12 2013 12:00AM
Updated:	Apr 12 2013 12:00AM
Credit:	Charlie Eriksen via Secunia
Vulnerable:
Not Vulnerable:

WordPress WP Symposium Plugin CVE-2013-2695 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

WP Symposium plugin for WordPress is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently 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 may allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and to launch other attacks.

WP Symposium 13.02 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

WordPress WP Symposium Plugin CVE-2013-2695 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

To exploit this issue an attacker must entice an unsuspecting victim to follow a malicious URI.

WordPress WP Symposium Plugin CVE-2013-2695 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.

WordPress WP Symposium Plugin CVE-2013-2695 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• WP Symposium Home Page (WP Symposium)