Wordpress Slideshow Plugin Multiple Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
27 Oct. 2012
Summary
TThe Slideshow plugin for WordPress is prone to multiple cross-site scripting vulnerabilities because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.
Credit:
The information has been provided by Janek Vind "waraxe".
An attacker may leverage these issues 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.
1. Reflected XSS in "views/SlideshowPlugin/slideshow.php"
Reasons:
1. Uninitialized variables "$randomId", "$slides" and "$settings"
2. Improper encoding or escaping of output
Attack vectors: User-supplied parameters "randomId", "slides" and "settings"
Preconditions: PHP directive register_globals=on
Reasons: Direct request to php script triggers pathname leak in error message
Preconditions: PHP directive display_errors=on
Result: Information Exposure Through an Error Message
Fatal error: Class 'WP_Widget' not found in
C:\apache_www\wp342\wp-content\plugins\slideshow-jquery-image-gallery\classes\SlideshowPluginWidget.php on line 8
Fatal error: Class 'SlideshowPluginMain' not found in
C:\apache_www\wp342\wp-content\plugins\slideshow-jquery-image-gallery\views\SlideshowPlugin\slideshow.php on line 111
Fatal error: Call to undefined function _e() in
C:\apache_www\wp342\wp-content\plugins\slideshow-jquery-image-gallery\views\SlideshowPluginPostType\information.php on line 1
Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in
C:\apache_www\wp342\wp-content\plugins\slideshow-jquery-image-gallery\views\SlideshowPluginPostType\settings.php on line 3
Fatal error: Class 'SlideshowPluginSlideInserter' not found in
C:\apache_www\wp342\wp-content\plugins\slideshow-jquery-image-gallery\views\SlideshowPluginPostType\slides.php on line 3
Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in
C:\apache_www\wp342\wp-content\plugins\slideshow-jquery-image-gallery\views\SlideshowPluginPostType\style-settings.php on line 2
Fatal error: Call to undefined function _e() in
C:\apache_www\wp342\wp-content\plugins\slideshow-jquery-image-gallery\views\SlideshowPluginPostType\support-plugin.php on line 3
Fatal error: Call to undefined function _e() in
C:\apache_www\wp342\wp-content\plugins\slideshow-jquery-image-gallery\views\SlideshowPluginSlideInserter\insert-image-button.php on line 1
Fatal error: Call to undefined function _e() in
C:\apache_www\wp342\wp-content\plugins\slideshow-jquery-image-gallery\views\SlideshowPluginSlideInserter\insert-text-button.php on line 1
Fatal error: Call to undefined function _e() in
C:\apache_www\wp342\wp-content\plugins\slideshow-jquery-image-gallery\views\SlideshowPluginSlideInserter\insert-video-button.php on line 1
Fatal error: Call to undefined function submit_button() in
C:\apache_www\wp342\wp-content\plugins\slideshow-jquery-image-gallery\views\SlideshowPluginSlideInserter\search-popup.php on line 6
Fatal error: Call to undefined function _e() in
C:\apache_www\wp342\wp-content\plugins\slideshow-jquery-image-gallery\views\SlideshowPluginUpload\upload-button.php on line 1
Fatal error: Using $this when not in object context in
C:\apache_www\wp342\wp-content\plugins\slideshow-jquery-image-gallery\views\SlideshowPluginWidget\form.php on line 2
Disclosure Timeline:
Published: Oct 17 2012 12:00AM
Updated: Oct 17 2012 12:00AM
