Vigil@nce - WordPress: Cross Site Scripting of Top 10
May 2013 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can trigger a Cross Site Scripting in Top 10 of
WordPress, in order to execute JavaScript code in the context of
the web site.
– Impacted products: WordPress
– Severity: 2/4
– Creation date: 29/04/2013
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
The Top 10 plugin displays the most popular posts.
However, it does not filter received data before inserting them in
generated HTML documents.
An attacker can therefore trigger a Cross Site Scripting in Top 10
of WordPress, in order to execute JavaScript code in the context
of the web site.
ACCESS TO THE COMPLETE VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
http://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/WordPress-Cross-Site-Scripting-of-Top-10-12729