Vigil@nce - WordPress WP Security Audit Log: Cross Site Scripting via notice
August 2016 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
An authenticated attacker can trigger a Cross Site Scripting via
the request parameter "notice" of WordPress WP Security Audit Log,
in order to run JavaScript code in the context of the web site.
Impacted products: WordPress Plugins not comprehensive.
Severity: 2/4.
Creation date: 28/06/2016.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
The WP Security Audit Log plugin can be installed on WordPress.
However, it does not filter received data before inserting them in
generated HTML documents.
An authenticated attacker can therefore trigger a Cross Site
Scripting via the request parameter "notice" of WordPress WP
Security Audit Log, in order to run JavaScript code in the context
of the web site.
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