Cross-Site Scripting in Daily Maui Photo Widget plugin for WordPress

vendor:

Daily Maui Photo Widget plugin

by:

Unknown

5.5

CVSS

MEDIUM

Cross-Site Scripting

CWE

Product Name: Daily Maui Photo Widget plugin

Affected Version From: 0.2

Affected Version To: 0.2

Patch Exists: NO

Related CWE:

CPE: a:wordpress:daily_maui_photo_widget:0.2

Metasploit:

Other Scripts:

Platforms Tested: WordPress

2020

Cross-Site Scripting in Daily Maui Photo Widget plugin for WordPress

The Daily Maui Photo Widget plugin for WordPress is prone to multiple cross-site scripting vulnerabilities because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.An attacker may leverage these issues to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This may let the attacker steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

Mitigation:

Update to the latest version of the Daily Maui Photo Widget plugin or remove it if not needed. Sanitize user-supplied input to prevent XSS attacks.

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47620/info

The Daily Maui Photo Widget plugin for WordPress is prone to multiple cross-site scripting vulnerabilities because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

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

Daily Maui Photo Widget plugin 0.2 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

http://www.example.com/wp-content/plugins/daily-maui-photo-widget/wp-dailymaui-widget-control.php?title=%22%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28%22XSS%22%29;%3C/script%3E