Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in skysa-official/skysa.php in Skysa App Bar Integration plugin, possibly before 1.04, for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the submit 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 Skysa App Bar - 'idnews' Cross-Site Scripting EDB-36363 · webapps · Nov 28, 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.
- Skysa App Bar 1.04 - Cross-Site Scripting http/cves/2011/CVE-2011-5179.yaml
Source: projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates (MIT) — updated daily. Only links are listed.
References
- 50824 vdb-entry
- skysaappbar-skysa-xss(71486) vdb-entry
- 20111127 Wordpress skysa-official plugin Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities mailing-list