Vigil@nce - WordPress Activity Log: Cross Site Scripting
September 2016 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can trigger a Cross Site Scripting of WordPress
Activity Log, in order to run JavaScript code in the context of
the web site.
Impacted products: WordPress Plugins not comprehensive.
Severity: 2/4.
Creation date: 12/07/2016.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
The Activity Log plugin can be installed on WordPress.
However, it does not filter received data before inserting them in
generated HTML documents.
An attacker can therefore trigger a Cross Site Scripting of
WordPress Activity Log, in order to run JavaScript code in the
context of the web site.
ACCESS TO THE COMPLETE VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/WordPress-Activity-Log-Cross-Site-Scripting-20064