Advisory #: 79
Title: Reflected XSS in wordpress plugin cred v1.0
Author: Larry W. Cashdollar, @_larry0
Date: 2016-02-09
Download Site: https://wordpress.org/plugins/cred
Downloads: 1970
Vendor Notified: 2016-02-09
Export: Json
Vendor Contact: plugins@wordpress.org
Plugin Name: cred
Vulnerability:
There is a reflected XSS vulnerability in the following php code ./cred/cred.php: 150: value="<?php echo $_GET['ak'] == null ? get_option('cred_api_key') : $_GET['ak']; ?>" The variable ak appears to send unsanitized data back to the users browser.
CVE-ID: Not Released
File:./cred/cred.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/cred/cred.php?ak="><script>alert(1);</script><"