Advisory #: 176
Title: Persistent XSS in wordpress plugin rockhoist-badges v1.2.2
Author: Larry W. Cashdollar, @_larry0
Date: 2017-02-20
CVE-ID:[CVE-2017-6102]
CWE:
Download Site: https://wordpress.org/plugins/rockhoist-badges/
Vendor: https://profiles.wordpress.org/esserq/
Vendor Notified: 2017-02-20
Vendor Contact:
Advisory: http://www.vapidlabs.com/advisory.php?v=176
Description: A Stack Overflow inspired plugin for WordPress which allows users to acquire badges for contributing website content. Badges are created and managed through the WordPress Dashboard.
Vulnerability:
There is a persistent cross site scripting vulnerability in the plugin Rockhoist Badges. A user with the ability to edit_posts can inject malicious javascript. Into the badge description or title field. Line 603 doesn't sanitize user input before sending it to the browser in file ./rockhoist-badges/rh-badges.php: -> 603: <span class="delete"><a href="?page=badges&action=deletecondition&badge_ID=<?php echo $_GET['badge_ID']; ?>&badge_condition_ID=<?php echo $badge_condition->badge_condition_id; ?>" class="delete-tag">Delete</a></span>
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Exploit Code:
  1. "><script>alert(1);</script> in the title or description field will inject js.
Screen Shots: [badges.jpg]
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