WordPress Multisite Global Search Plugin "mssearch" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability


Description   A vulnerability has been discovered in the Multisite Global Search plugin for WordPress, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.
Input passed via the "mssearch" parameter to the URL is not properly sanitised in wp-content/plugins/multisite-global-search/inc/shortcodes.php 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 1.2.5. Prior versions may also be affected.
     
Vulnerable Products   Vulnerable Software:
WordPress Multisite Global Search Plugin 1.x
     
Solution   Update to version 1.2.6.
     
CVE  
     
References   Multisite Global Search:
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/multisite-global-search/changelog/
http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/443443/multisite-global-search/trunk/inc/shortcodes.php?old=362733&
old_path=multisite-global-search%2Ftrunk%2Finc%2Fshortcodes.php
     
Vulnerability Manager Detection   No
     
IPS Protection  
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 Risk level 
Low 

 Vulnerability First Public Report Date 
2011-09-28 

 Target Type 
Server 

 Possible exploit 
Remote