Multiple Vulnerabilities in Mingle Forum wordpress plugin

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Advisory ID:	HTB22848
Product:	Mingle Forum wordpress plugin
Vendor:	Cartpauj
Vulnerable Versions:	1.0.28 and probably prior
Tested Version:	1.0.28
Advisory Publication:	February 15, 2011 [without technical details]
Vendor Notification:	February 15, 2011
Public Disclosure:	March 1, 2011
Latest Update:	July 18, 2011
Vulnerability Type:	Information Exposure Through Externally-generated Error Message [CWE-211]
Risk Level:	Medium

CVSSv2 Base Scores:	4.3 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) 5 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Solution Status:	Fixed by Vendor
Discovered and Provided:	High-Tech Bridge Security Research Lab
Advisory Details:
High-Tech Bridge SA Security Research Lab has discovered vulnerabilities in Mingle Forum wordpress plugin which could be exploited to perform script insertion attacks and disclose potentially sensitive information. 1) Script insertion vulnerability in Mingle Forum wordpress plugin Input passed to the "[url]" BBCode tag is not properly sanitized. A remote attacker can insert arbitrary HTML and script code, which will be executed in user`s browser in context of the vulnerable website when user views the malicious data. Exploitation examples: [img][url]onerror=javascript:alert(document.cookie);"'[/url][/img] 2) Installation path disclosure weakness in Mingle Forum wordpress plugin The weakness exists due to application reveals the full path to installation directory in an error message. A remote attacker can directly access scripts inside the wp-content/plugins/mingle-forum/fs-admin/ directory and gain knowledge of the web root directory and other potentially sensitive information. Exploitation example: http://[host]/wp-content/plugins/mingle-forum/fs-admin/wpf-usergroup-edit.ph p http://[host]/wp-cont ent/plugins/mingle-forum/fs-admin/wpf-add-group.php http://[host]/wp-conten t/plugins/mingle-forum/f s-admin/wpf-add-forum.php http://[host]/wp-content/plugins/mingle-forum/fs- admin/wpf-moderator.php
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References:
[1] High-Tech Bridge Advisory HTB22848 - https://www.immuniweb.com/advisory/HTB22848 - Multiple Vulnerabilities in Mingle Forum wordpress plugin [2] Mingle Forum wordpress plugin - cartpauj.icomnow.com - Mingle Forum is the best WordPress plugin forum [3] Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) - http://cwe.mitre.org - targeted to developers and security practitioners, CWE is a formal list of software weakness types.

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