Vigil@nce - WordPress: Cross Site Scripting of Securimage-WP
May 2013 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can trigger a Cross Site Scripting in Securimage-WP of
WordPress, in order to execute JavaScript code in the context of
the web site.
– Impacted products: WordPress
– Severity: 2/4
– Creation date: 13/05/2013
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
The Securimage-WP plugin provides CAPTCHA features.
However, it does not filter received data before inserting them in
generated HTML documents.
An attacker can therefore trigger a Cross Site Scripting in
Securimage-WP of WordPress, 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-Cross-Site-Scripting-of-Securimage-WP-12784