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WP-FeedStats Plugin for WordPress Script Insertion Vulnerabilities
Secunia Advisory: SA26249
Release Date: 2007-07-27
Last Update: 2007-07-31
Popularity: 5,706 views

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

Software:WP-FeedStats (plugin for WordPress) 2.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2007-4104


Description:
David Kierznowski has reported some vulnerabilities in the WP-FeedStats plugin for WordPress, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct script insertion attacks.

Input passed to unspecified parameters is not properly sanitised before being used. This can be exploited to insert arbitrary HTML and script code, which is executed in a user's browser session in context of an affected site when the malicious data is viewed.

The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 2.4.

Solution:
Update to version 2.4.
http://bueltge.de/wp-feedstats-de-plugin/171/

Provided and/or discovered by:
David Kierznowski

Changelog:
2007-07-31: Added CVE reference.

Original Advisory:
bueltge.de:
http://bueltge.de/wp-feedstats-de-plugin/171/

David Kierznowski:
http://blogsecurity.net/wordpress/news-260707/


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