WordPress Unconfirmed Plugin 's' Parameter Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	66781
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2014-100018
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Apr 11 2014 12:00AM
Updated:	Apr 13 2015 09:01PM
Credit:	Tom Adams
Vulnerable:	WordPress Unconfirmed 1.2.4
Not Vulnerable:	WordPress Unconfirmed 1.2.5

WordPress Unconfirmed Plugin 's' Parameter Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

The Unconfirmed 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.

Unconfirmed 1.2.4 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

WordPress Unconfirmed Plugin 's' Parameter Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

To exploit this issue an attacker must entice an unsuspecting victim to follow a malicious URI.

WordPress Unconfirmed Plugin 's' Parameter Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

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

WordPress Unconfirmed Plugin 's' Parameter Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• Unconfirmed Changelog (WordPress)
  
• Unconfirmed Homepage (WordPress)
  
• XSS in Unconfirmed 1.2.3 (dxwsecurity)