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WordPress BlixKrieg Theme "s" Cross-Site Scripting
Secunia Advisory: SA26115
Release Date: 2007-07-18
Popularity: 4,238 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Cross Site Scripting
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Unpatched

Software:BlixKrieg 2.x (theme for WordPress)

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Description:
phoenix has discovered a vulnerability in the BlixKrieg theme for WordPress, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.

Input passed to the "s" parameter in the WordPress installation's index.php script is not properly sanitised before it is returned to the user. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's browser session in context of an affected site.

The vulnerability is related to:
SA25310
SA26109
SA26116

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 2.2 ad edition and version 2.2 no ad edition. Other versions may also be affected.

Solution:
Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly sanitised.

Provided and/or discovered by:
phoenix

Other References:
SA25310:
http://secunia.com/advisories/25310/

SA26109:
http://secunia.com/advisories/26109/

SA26116:
http://secunia.com/advisories/26116/


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