Vigil@nce - WordPress Social Connect: Cross Site Scripting
February 2014 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can trigger a Cross Site Scripting of WordPress Social
Connect, in order to execute JavaScript code in the context of the
web site.
Impacted products: WordPress Plugins
Severity: 2/4
Creation date: 24/01/2014
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
The WordPress Social Connect product offers a web service.
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 Social Connect, 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-Social-Connect-Cross-Site-Scripting-14130