Vulnerability ID: HTB22960 Reference: http://www.htbridge.ch/advisory/xss_in_daily_maui_photo_widget_wordpress_plugin.html Product: Daily Maui Photo Widget wordpress plugin Vendor: Kris Nelson ( http://www.webnelly.com/ ) Vulnerable Version: 0.2 Vendor Notification: 14 April 2011 Vulnerability Type: XSS (Cross Site Scripting) Status: Fixed by Vendor Risk level: Medium Credit: High-Tech Bridge SA Security Research Lab ( http://www.htbridge.ch/advisory/ ) Vulnerability Details: User can execute arbitrary JavaScript code within the vulnerable application. The vulnerability exists due to failure in the "/wp-content/plugins/daily-maui-photo-widget/wp-dailymaui-widget-control.php" script to properly sanitize user-supplied input in "title" variable when register_globals is On. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could result in a compromise of the application, theft of cookie-based authentication credentials, disclosure or modification of sensitive data. The following PoC is available: http://[host]/wp-content/plugins/daily-maui-photo-widget/wp-dailymaui-widget-control.php?title=%22%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28%22XSS%22%29;%3C/script%3E Solution: Upgrade to the most recent version
