Vulnerability ID: HTB22894
Reference: http://www.htbridge.ch/advisory/xss_in_sodahead_polls_wordpress_plugin_1.html
Product: Sodahead Polls wordpress plugin
Vendor: SodaHead.com ( SodaHead.com )
Vulnerable Version: 2.0.2
Vendor Notification: 03 March 2011
Vulnerability Type: XSS (Cross Site Scripting)
Status: Fixed by Vendor
Risk level: Medium
Credit: High-Tech Bridge SA - Ethical Hacking & Penetration Testing (http://www.htbridge.ch/)
Vulnerability Details:
The vulnerability exists due to failure in the "/wp-content/plugins/sodahead-polls/poll.php" script to properly sanitize user-supplied input in "customize" variable.
User can execute arbitrary JavaScript code within the vulnerable application.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could result in a compromise of the application, theft of cookie-based authentication credentials, disclosure or modification of sensitive data.
The following PoC is available:
http://[host]/wp-content/plugins/sodahead-polls/poll.php?customize=%27;%3C/script%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.cookie%29;%3C/script%3E
Solution: Upgrade to the most recent version