WordPress Media Library Categories Plugin "q" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability


Description   A vulnerability has been discovered in the Media Library Categories plugin for WordPress, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.
Input passed to the "q" parameter in wp-admin/upload.php (when "page" is set to "media-library-categories/view.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 1.1.1. Other versions may also be affected.
     
Vulnerable Products   Vulnerable Software:
Media Library Categories 1.x (plugin for WordPress)
     
Solution   Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly sanitised.
     
CVE  
     
References   http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/112697/WordPress-Media-Categories-1.1.1-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
     
Vulnerability Manager Detection   No
     
IPS Protection  
ASQ Engine alarm Available Since
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 Risk level 
Low 

 Vulnerability First Public Report Date 
2012-05-15 

 Target Type 
Server 

 Possible exploit 
Remote