Wordpress Page Layout Builder 'layout_settings_id' Parameter Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	64664
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Jan 04 2014 12:00AM
Updated:	Jan 04 2014 12:00AM
Credit:	The vendor reported this issue.
Vulnerable:	WordPress Page Layout Builder 1.3.4
Not Vulnerable:	WordPress Page Layout Builder 1.3.6

Wordpress Page Layout Builder 'layout_settings_id' Parameter Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

The Page Layout Builder 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.

Page Layout Builder prior to 1.3.6 are vulnerable.

Wordpress Page Layout Builder 'layout_settings_id' Parameter Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

To exploit this issue an attacker must entice an unsuspecting user into following a malicious URI.

Following example URI is available.

http://www.example.com/wp-content/plugins/page-layout-builder/includes/layout-settings.php?current_url=[XSS]

Wordpress Page Layout Builder 'layout_settings_id' Parameter Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• Page Layout Builder Changelog (Wordpress)
  
• Page Layout Builder Homepage (wordpress)