WordPress Wordfence Security Plugin Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
11 Dec. 2012
Summary
The Wordfence Security plugin for WordPress is prone to a cross-site-scripting vulnerability because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.
An attacker may leverage this issue to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This can allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.
Exploit:
Attackers can exploit this issue by enticing an unsuspecting victim to follow a malicious URI.
The following example data is available:
http://downloads.securityfocus.com/vulnerabilities/exploits/56159.txt
