Vigil@nce - WordPress Safe Editor: Cross Site Scripting
July 2016 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can trigger a Cross Site Scripting of WordPress Safe
Editor, in order to run JavaScript code in the context of the web
site.
– Impacted products: WordPress Plugins not comprehensive.
– Severity: 2/4.
– Creation date: 18/05/2016.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
The Safe Editor 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 Safe Editor, in order to run JavaScript code in the
context of the web site.
ACCESS TO THE COMPLETE VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/WordPress-Safe-Editor-Cross-Site-Scripting-19655