WordPress Wordfence Security Plugin 'User-Agent' HTTP Header HTML Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	65047
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Jan 21 2014 12:00AM
Updated:	Jan 21 2014 12:00AM
Credit:	The vendor reported this issue.
Vulnerable:
Not Vulnerable:

WordPress Wordfence Security Plugin 'User-Agent' HTTP Header HTML Injection Vulnerability

The Wordfence Security Plugin for WordPress is prone to an HTML-injection vulnerability.

Successful exploits will allow attacker-supplied HTML and script code to run in the context of the affected browser, potentially allowing the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials or control how the site is rendered to the user. Other attacks are also possible.

Wordfence Security Plugin 3.8.6 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

WordPress Wordfence Security Plugin 'User-Agent' HTTP Header HTML Injection Vulnerability

An attacker can exploit this issue using a web browser.

WordPress Wordfence Security Plugin 'User-Agent' HTTP Header HTML Injection Vulnerability

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

WordPress Wordfence Security Plugin 'User-Agent' HTTP Header HTML Injection Vulnerability

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