Powerhouse Museum Collection Image Grid Plugin for WordPress Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

vendor:

Powerhouse Museum Collection Image Grid Plugin

by:

SecurityFocus

7.5

CVSS

HIGH

Cross-Site Scripting

CWE

Product Name: Powerhouse Museum Collection Image Grid Plugin

Affected Version From: 0.9.1.1

Affected Version To: 0.9.1.1

Patch Exists: YES

Related CWE: N/A

CPE: a:powerhouse_museum:powerhouse_museum_collection_image_grid_plugin

Metasploit: N/A

Other Scripts: N/A

Tags: N/A

CVSS Metrics: N/A

Nuclei References: N/A

Nuclei Metadata: N/A

Platforms Tested: WordPress

2012

Powerhouse Museum Collection Image Grid Plugin for WordPress Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

The Powerhouse Museum Collection Image Grid Plugin for WordPress is prone to a cross-site-scripting vulnerability because it fails to properly 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 web pages.

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46006/info

The Powerhouse Museum Collection Image Grid Plugin for WordPress is prone to a cross-site-scripting vulnerability because it fails to properly 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.

Powerhouse Museum Collection Image Grid Plugin 0.9.1.1 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected. 

http://www.example.com/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/powerhouse-museum-collection-image-grid/shortcode-editor.php?tbpv_id=x&tbpv_username=</script><script>alert(0)</script>&tbpv_domain=&tbpv_login=