A Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability was found in the WangGuard
WordPress Plugin. This issue allows an attacker to perform a wide
variety of actions, such as stealing Administrators' session tokens, or
performing arbitrary actions on their behalf. In order to exploit this
issue, the attacker has to lure/force a logged on WordPress
Administrator into opening a malicious website.
Summer of Pwnage (https://sumofpwn.nl) is a Dutch community project. Its
goal is to contribute to the security of popular, widely used OSS
projects in a fun and educational way.
Cross-Site Scripting in WangGuard WordPress Plugin
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Yorick Koster, July 2016
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Abstract
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A Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability was found in the WangGuard
WordPress Plugin. This issue allows an attacker to perform a wide
variety of actions, such as stealing Administrators' session tokens, or
performing arbitrary actions on their behalf. In order to exploit this
issue, the attacker has to lure/force a logged on WordPress
Administrator into opening a malicious website.
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OVE ID
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OVE-20160724-0030
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Tested versions
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This issue was successfully tested on WangGuard WordPress Plugin version
1.7.1.
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Fix
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This issue is resolved in WangGuard version 1.7.2.
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Details
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https://sumofpwn.nl/advisory/2016/cross_site_scripting_in_wangguard_word
press_plugin.html
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Summer of Pwnage (https://sumofpwn.nl) is a Dutch community project. Its
goal is to contribute to the security of popular, widely used OSS
projects in a fun and educational way.
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