WordPress A Forms Plugin HTML Injection and Cross Site Request Forgery Vulnerabilities
BID:61815
Info
WordPress A Forms Plugin HTML Injection and Cross Site Request Forgery Vulnerabilities
| Bugtraq ID: | 61815 |
| Class: | Input Validation Error |
| CVE: | |
| Remote: | Yes |
| Local: | No |
| Published: | Aug 16 2013 12:00AM |
| Updated: | Aug 16 2013 12:00AM |
| Credit: | The vendor reported these issues. |
| Vulnerable: | |
| Not Vulnerable: | |
Discussion
WordPress A Forms Plugin HTML Injection and Cross Site Request Forgery Vulnerabilities
The A Forms 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.
A Forms 1.4.1 is vulnerable; other version may also be affected.
The A Forms 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.
A Forms 1.4.1 is vulnerable; other version may also be affected.
Exploit / POC
WordPress A Forms 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.
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.
Solution / Fix
WordPress A Forms Plugin HTML Injection and Cross Site Request Forgery Vulnerabilities
Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.
Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.