Ad Inserter <= 1.5.5 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Cross-Site Scripting

2015-08-13 00:00
Marcin Probola

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 1.5.6
Affected Version<= 1.5.5
CVSS4.8Medium
CVEN/A
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Vulnerability Overview

The Ad Inserter plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting via the 'ai-active-tab' parameter in versions up to, and including, 1.5.5 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping and missing nonce validation. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts that execute in a victim's browser.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 1.5.6, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')) The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.

External References

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