Vigil@nce - WordPress NextGEN Smooth Gallery: Cross Site Scripting
September 2013 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can trigger a Cross Site Scripting of WordPress
NextGEN Smooth Gallery, in order to execute JavaScript code in the
context of the web site.
– Impacted products: WordPress Plugins
– Severity: 2/4
– Creation date: 04/09/2013
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
The WordPress NextGEN Smooth Gallery plugin displays images.
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 NextGEN Smooth Gallery, 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-NextGEN-Smooth-Gallery-Cross-Site-Scripting-13346