WordPress Comment Attachment Plugin 'attachment title' Field HTML Injection Vulnerability

BID:62971

Info

WordPress Comment Attachment Plugin 'attachment title' Field HTML Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 62971
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2013-6010
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Oct 11 2013 12:00AM
Updated: Oct 11 2013 12:00AM
Credit: Arsan
Vulnerable:
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

WordPress Comment Attachment Plugin 'attachment title' Field HTML Injection Vulnerability

The Comment Attachment plugin for WordPress is prone to an HTML-injection 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 launch other attacks.

Comment Attachment 1.0 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

Exploit / POC

WordPress Comment Attachment Plugin 'attachment title' Field HTML Injection Vulnerability

Attacker can exploit this issue through a browser.

Solution / Fix

WordPress Comment Attachment Plugin 'attachment title' Field HTML Injection 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].

References

WordPress Comment Attachment Plugin 'attachment title' Field HTML Injection Vulnerability

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