Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability in Question and Answer Forum

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Advisory ID:	HTB22861
Product:	Question and Answer Forum wordpress plugin
Vendor:	David Woodford
Vulnerable Versions:	1.2.4 and probably prior
Tested Version:	1.2.4
Advisory Publication:	February 15, 2011 [without technical details]
Vendor Notification:	February 15, 2011
Public Disclosure:	March 1, 2011
Vulnerability Type:	Cross-Site Scripting [CWE-79]
Risk Level:	Medium

CVSSv2 Base Score:	4.3 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/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 vulnerability in Question and Answer Forum WordPress plugin which could be exploited to perform cross-site scripting attacks. 1) Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Question and Answer Forum The vulnerability exists due to input sanitation error in the "title" parameter in wp-content/plugins/question-and-answer-forum/askquestionform.php. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP POST request to the vulnerable script and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user`s browser in context of the vulnerable website. Exploitation example: <form action="http://wordpress/?page_id=[page_id]" method="post" name="main" > <input type="hidden" name="title" value='"><script>alert(document.cookie);</script>' /> <input type="submit" value="submit" name="submit" /> </form>
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References:
[1] High-Tech Bridge Advisory HTB22861 - https://www.immuniweb.com/advisory/HTB22861 - Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability in Question and Answer Forum [2] Question and Answer Forum - trevorpythag.co.uk - Question and Answer Forum WordPress plugin that allows a question and answer forum to be added to a site/blog. [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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