WordPress Responsive Logo Slideshow Cross Site Scripting

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WordPress Responsive Logo Slideshow plugin suffers from a cross site scripting vulnerability.

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Exploit Title : Reflective/Stored XSS in Responsive Logo Slideshow Plugin Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Author: Aditya Balapure
home: http://adityabalapure.blogspot.in/
Date: 18/02/13
software link:   http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/responsive-logo-slideshow/
CVE Assigned - CVE-2013-1759

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Responsive Logo Slideshow Plugin description

The Responsive Logo Slideshow Plugin in Wordpress http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/responsive-logo-slideshow/ has a Reflected/Stored? XSS Vulnerability in the URL and Image input box.

If a malicious user is able to inject a script that may affect each and every viewer who visits the website. Once a malicious user compromises the login credentials, he may use these input fields to store malicious scripts and thus carry on a passive attack.


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XSS location

URL and Image input box.

Script Used-
';alert(String.fromCharCode(88,83,83))//';alert(String.fromCharCode(88,83,83))//";
alert(String.fromCharCode(88,83,83))//";alert(String.fromCharCode(88,83,83))//--
></SCRIPT>">'><SCRIPT>alert(String.fromCharCode(88,83,83))</SCRIPT>

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Vendor Notification

05/02/2013 to: - Vendor notified awaiting action
17/02/2013 - The Plugin has been removed from the repository by the Wordpress Team

Source: PacketStorm