WordPress Login With Ajax Plugin JSON Callback Cross-Site

by Carol~ Moderator - 5/8/12 5:02 PM

In Reply to: VULNERABILITIES / FIXES - May 08, 2012 by Carol~ Moderator

WordPress Login With Ajax Plugin JSON Callback Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Release Date : 2012-05-08

Criticality level : Less critical
Impact : Cross Site Scripting
Where : From remote
Solution Status : Vendor Patch

Software: WordPress Login With Ajax Plugin 3.x

Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in the Login With Ajax plugin for WordPress, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.

Input passed via JSON callback is not properly sanitised before being returned to the user. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's browser session in context of an affected site.

The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 3.0.4.1.

Solution:
Update to version 3.0.4.1.

Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by the vendor.

Original Advisory:
WordPress Login With Ajax Plugin:
http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/541069
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/login-with-ajax/changelog/

http://secunia.com/advisories/49013/