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Comment Rating plugin
by:
TheEvilThinker
3,3
CVSS
MEDIUM
Cross-Site Scripting
79
CWE
Product Name: Comment Rating plugin
Affected Version From: N/A
Affected Version To: N/A
Patch Exists: NO
Related CWE: N/A
CPE: N/A
Metasploit: N/A
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2012

Comment Rating plugin for WordPress Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

The Comment Rating plugin for WordPress is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied input. An attacker could leverage this issue to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This could allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

Mitigation:

Input validation should be used to ensure that untrusted data is not used to dynamically generate web content. Additionally, the application should use an up-to-date web application firewall to help protect against malicious input.
Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51241/info

The Comment Rating plugin for WordPress is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker could leverage this issue to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This could allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks. 

http://www.example.com/wp-content/plugins/comment-rating/ck-processkarma.php?id=[Integer Value]&action=add&path=<script>alert('Founded by TheEvilThinker')</script>&imgIndex=

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