Vigil@nce - WordPress Share on Diaspora: Cross Site Scripting
October 2017 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can trigger a Cross Site Scripting of WordPress Share
on Diaspora, in order to run JavaScript code in the context of the
web site.
Impacted products: WordPress Plugins not comprehensive.
Severity: 2/4.
Creation date: 18/08/2017.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
The Share on Diaspora 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 Share on Diaspora, 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-Share-on-Diaspora-Cross-Site-Scripting-23570