Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in advancedtext.php in Advanced Text Widget plugin before 2.0.2 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the page parameter.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Exploit-DB 1
- WordPress Plugin Advanced Text Widget 2.0 - 'page' Cross-Site Scripting EDB-36324 · webapps · Nov 21, 2011 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
Automated scanner template
A ready-made Nuclei template detects this vulnerability automatically. Vulnerabilities with public scanner templates are typically probed across the internet soon after the template appears — exposed systems should be patched first.
- Advanced Text Widget < 2.0.2 - Cross-Site Scripting http/cves/2011/CVE-2011-4618.yaml
Source: projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates (MIT) — updated daily. Only links are listed.
References
- http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&new=466102%40advanced-text-widget&old=465828%40advanced-text-widget
- advancedtextwidget-advancedtext-xss(71412) vdb-entry
- [oss-security] 20111219 Re: CVE-request: WordPress advanced-text-widget XSS advancedtext.php?page= mailing-list
- 20120417 Re: Wordpress advanced-text-widget Plugin Vulnerabilities mailing-list
- 50744 vdb-entry
- 20111121 Wordpress advanced-text-widget Plugin Vulnerabilities mailing-list
- http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/advanced-text-widget/changelog/
- http://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-advanced-text-widget-plugin-cross-site-scripting-vulnerabilities