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Secunia Research 12/12/2011
- WordPress WP Symposium Plugin "uid" Cross-Site Scripting -
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Table of Contents
Affected Software...................................................1
Severity............................................................2
Vendor's Description of Software....................................3
Description of Vulnerability........................................4
Solution............................................................5
Time Table..........................................................6
Credits.............................................................7
References..........................................................8
About Secunia.......................................................9
Verification.......................................................10
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1) Affected Software
* WordPress WP Symposium Plugin version 11.11.26.
NOTE: Other versions may also be affected.
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2) Severity
Rating: Less critical
Impact: Cross-Site Scripting
Where: From remote
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3) Vendor's Description of Software
"WP Symposium turns a WordPress website into a Social Network!"
Product Link:
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-symposium/
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4) Description of Vulnerability
Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in the WP Symposium
plugin for WordPress, which can be exploited by malicious people to
conduct cross-site scripting attacks.
Input passed via the "uid" parameter to wp-content/plugins/wp-symposium
/uploadify/get_profile_avatar.php is not properly sanitised before
being returned to the user. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary
HTML and script code in a user's browser session in context of an
affected site.
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5) Solution
Update to version 11.12.08.
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6) Time Table
07/12/2011 - Vendor notified.
07/12/2011 - Vendor response.
08/12/2011 - Vendor released fixed version.
12/12/2011 - Public disclosure.
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7) Credits
Discovered by Secunia Research.
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8) References
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned
CVE-2011-3841 for the vulnerability.
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10) Verification
Please verify this advisory by visiting the Secunia website:
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