WordPress Redirection Plugin "id" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability


Description   High-Tech Bridge SA has discovered a vulnerability in the Redirection plugin for WordPress, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.
Input passed via the "id" parameter to wp-admin/tools.php (when "page" is set to "redirection.php") is not properly sanitised in wp-content/plugins/redirection/view/admin/submenu.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 2.2.8. Prior versions may also be affected.
     
Vulnerable Products   Vulnerable Software:
WordPress Redirection Plugin 2.x
     
Solution   Update to version 2.2.9.
     
CVE  
     
References   Redirection:
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/redirection/changelog/
http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/421720/redirection/trunk/view/admin/item_list.php?old=374831&
old_path=redirection%2Ftrunk%2Fview%2Fadmin%2Fitem_list.php
http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/421720/redirection/trunk/view/admin/submenu.php?old=313736&
old_path=redirection%2Ftrunk%2Fview%2Fadmin%2Fsubmenu.php
http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/421720/redirection/trunk/view/admin/group_list.php?old=321565&
old_path=redirection%2Ftrunk%2Fview%2Fadmin%2Fgroup_list.php
HTB23038:
https://www.htbridge.ch/advisory/xss_in_redirection_wordpress_plugin.html
     
Vulnerability Manager Detection   No
     
IPS Protection  
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 Risk level 
Low 

 Vulnerability First Public Report Date 
2011-08-25 

 Target Type 
Server 

 Possible exploit 
Remote