Vigil@nce - WordPress: Cross Site Scripting of FourSquare Checkins
May 2013 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can trigger a Cross Site Scripting in FourSquare
Checkins of WordPress, in order to execute JavaScript code in the
context of the web site.
Impacted products: WordPress
Severity: 2/4
Creation date: 22/04/2013
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
The FourSquare Checkins plugin is used to connect with the
FourSquare service.
However, it does not filter received data before inserting them in
generated HTML documents.
An attacker can therefore trigger a Cross Site Scripting in
FourSquare Checkins 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-FourSquare-Checkins-12703