Banner Effect Header 1.2.7 Cross Site Scripting

`Information  
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Advisory by Netsparker.  
Name: XSS Vulnerability in Banner Effect Header  
Affected Software : Banner Effect Header  
Affected Versions: 1.2.7 and possibly below  
Vendor Homepage : https://wordpress.org/plugins/banner-effect-header/  
Vulnerability Type : Cross-site Scripting  
Severity : Important  
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-1384  
Netsparker Advisory Reference : NS-15-002  
  
Description  
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By exploiting a Cross-site scripting vulnerability the attacker can  
hijack a logged in user’s session. This means that the malicious  
hacker can change the logged in user’s password and invalidate the  
session of the victim while the hacker maintains access. As seen from  
the XSS example in this article, if a web application is vulnerable to  
cross-site scripting and the administrator’s session is hijacked, the  
malicious hacker exploiting the vulnerability will have full admin  
privileges on that web application.  
  
Technical Details  
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Proof of Concept URLs for XSS in Banner Effect Header:  
  
URL: /wp-admin/options-general.php?page=BannerEffectOptions  
Parameter Name: banner_effect_divid  
Parameter Type: Post  
Attack Pattern: " onclick=alert(1) "  
  
For more information on cross-site scripting vulnerabilities read the  
following article on Cross-site Scripting (XSS) -  
https://www.netsparker.com/web-vulnerability-scanner/vulnerability-security-checks-index/crosssite-scripting-xss/  
  
Advisory Timeline  
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21/01/2015 - First Contact  
29/01/2015 - Vulnerability fixed  
29/01/2015 - Advisory released  
  
Solution  
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Download version 1.2.8 which includes fix for this vulnerability.  
  
Credits & Authors  
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These issues have been discovered by Omar Kurt while testing  
Netsparker Web Application Security Scanner -  
https://www.netsparker.com/web-vulnerability-scanner/  
  
About Netsparker  
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as SQL Injection and Cross-site Scripting (XSS) in all websites and  
web applications regardless of the platform and the technology they  
are built on. Netsparker's unique detection and exploitation  
techniques allow it to be dead accurate in reporting vulnerabilities,  
hence it is the first and only False Positive Free web application  
security scanner. For more information visit our website on  
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