WordPress WP Social Invitations Plugin 'url' Paramater Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

BID:65268

Info

WordPress WP Social Invitations Plugin 'url' Paramater Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 65268
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2014-4597
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jan 31 2014 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 03 2014 06:19PM
Credit: The vendor reported this issue.
Vulnerable:
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

WordPress WP Social Invitations Plugin 'url' Paramater Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

WP Social Invitations plugin for WordPress is prone to a cross-site scripting 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.

WP Social Invitations prior to 1.4.4.3 are vulnerable.

Exploit / POC

WordPress WP Social Invitations Plugin 'url' Paramater Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Attackers can exploit this issue by enticing an unsuspecting victim to follow a malicious URI.

Solution / Fix

WordPress WP Social Invitations Plugin 'url' Paramater Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

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

References

WordPress WP Social Invitations Plugin 'url' Paramater Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

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