WordPress WordPress Responsive Preview Plugin 'index.php' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	68408
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2014-4594
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Jul 04 2014 12:00AM
Updated:	Jul 04 2014 12:00AM
Credit:	Anant Shrivastava
Vulnerable:
Not Vulnerable:

WordPress WordPress Responsive Preview Plugin 'index.php' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

The WordPress Responsive Preview 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.

WordPress Responsive Preview 1.1 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

WordPress WordPress Responsive Preview Plugin 'index.php' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

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

The following example URI is available:

http://www.example.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-responsive-preview/index.php?url=">alert(document.cookie)&

WordPress WordPress Responsive Preview Plugin 'index.php' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

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

WordPress WordPress Responsive Preview Plugin 'index.php' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

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