Vigil@nce - WordPress WP-Polls: Cross Site Scripting
October 2015 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can trigger a Cross Site Scripting of WordPress
WP-Polls, in order to run JavaScript code in the context of the
web site.
Impacted products: WordPress Plugins not comprehensive.
Severity: 2/4.
Creation date: 26/08/2015.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
The WP-Polls 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 WP-Polls, in order to run JavaScript code in the context
of the web site.
ACCESS TO THE COMPLETE VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
http://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/WordPress-WP-Polls-Cross-Site-Scripting-17757