Vigil@nce - WordPress 404-to-301: Cross Site Scripting
November 2016 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can trigger a Cross Site Scripting of WordPress
404-to-301, in order to run JavaScript code in the context of the
web site.
Impacted products: WordPress Plugins not comprehensive.
Severity: 2/4.
Creation date: 07/09/2016.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
The 404-to-301 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 404-to-301, 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-404-to-301-Cross-Site-Scripting-20536