HTTP: WordPress Daily Maui Photo Widget Plugin Cross Site Scripting
This signature detects attempts to exploit a known cross-site scripting vulnerability in the WordPress Daily Maui Photo Widget Plugin. It is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. Attackers can steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.
Extended Description
The Daily Maui Photo Widget plugin for WordPress is prone to multiple cross-site scripting vulnerabilities because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input. 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 may let the attacker steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks. Daily Maui Photo Widget plugin 0.2 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.
Affected Products
Webnelly daily_maui_photo_widget_plugin
References
BugTraq: 47620
URL: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/daily-maui-photo-widget/ http://wordpress.org/
Short Name
HTTP:XSS:WP-DAILY-MAUI-PHOTO
Severity
Minor
Recommended
False
Recommended Action
Drop
Category
HTTP
Keywords
Cross Daily Maui Photo Plugin Scripting Site Widget WordPress bid:47620
Release Date
05/02/2011
Supported Platforms
srx-branch-12.3
srx-19.3
srx-branch-19.3
vsrx3bsd-19.2
srx-branch-19.4
vsrx-19.4
mx-12.3
mx-19.4
vmx-19.4
mx-19.3
vsrx3bsd-19.4
srx-19.4
vsrx-12.3
vmx-19.3
vsrx-19.2
srx-12.3
Sigpack Version
3336
False Positive
Unknown
Vendors
Webnelly