Vigil@nce - WordPress PS PHPCaptcha WP: Cross Site Scripting
April 2019 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can trigger a Cross Site Scripting of WordPress PS
PHPCaptcha WP, in order to run JavaScript code in the context of
the web site.
Impacted products: WordPress Plugins not comprehensive.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: client access/rights.
Provenance: document.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 06/02/2019.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
The PS PHPCaptcha WP plugin can be installed on WordPress.
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 PS PHPCaptcha WP, in order to run JavaScript code in the
context of the web site.
ACCESS TO THE FULL VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/WordPress-PS-PHPCaptcha-WP-Cross-Site-Scripting-28449