WordPress Vodpod Video Gallery Plugin "gid" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability


Description   John Leitch has discovered a vulnerability in the Vodpod Video Gallery plugin for WordPress, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.
Input passed to the "gid" parameter in wp-content/plugins/vodpod-video-gallery/vodpod_gallery_thumbs.php 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 confirmed in version 3.1.5. Other versions may also be affected.
     
Vulnerable Products   Vulnerable Software:
WordPress Vodpod Video Gallery Plugin 3.x
     
Solution   Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly sanitised.
     
CVE   CVE-2010-4875
     
References   http://www.johnleitch.net/Vulnerabilities/WordPress.Vodpod.Video.Gallery.3.1.5.Reflected.Cross-site.Scripting/58
     
Vulnerability Manager Detection   No
     
IPS Protection  
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 Risk level 
Low 

 Vulnerability First Public Report Date 
2010-11-08 

 Target Type 
Server 

 Possible exploit 
Remote