Wordpress Quick Page/Post Redirect Plugin 5.0.3 - Multiple Vulnerabilities



Details

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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

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CSRF and stored XSS in Quick Page/Post Redirect Plugin

Vulnerability

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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

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Use the following form to introduce potentially malicious JavaScript:

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Mitigations

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Upgrade to version 5.0.5 or later.

Disclosure policy

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This vulnerability will be published if we do not receive a response to this report with 14 days.

Timeline

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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

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Discovered by dxw:

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Tom Adams

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Discovered by dxw:

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Tom Adams

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