Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in adminimize/adminimize_page.php in the Adminimize plugin before 1.7.22 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 Adminimize 1.7.21 - 'page' Cross-Site Scripting EDB-36325 · 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.
- Adminimize 1.7.22 - Cross-Site Scripting http/cves/2011/CVE-2011-4926.yaml
Source: projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates (MIT) — updated daily. Only links are listed.
References
- [oss-security] 20120105 CVE-request: WordPress plugin Adminimize XSS mailing-list
- http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/adminimize/changelog/
- 77472 vdb-entry
- [oss-security] 20120105 Re: CVE-request: WordPress plugin Adminimize XSS mailing-list
- 20111121 Wordpress adminimize Plugin Vulnerabilities mailing-list
- http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&new=467338%40adminimize&old=466900%40adminimize#file5
- 50745 vdb-entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520591
- adminimize-adminimizepage-xss(71414) vdb-entry