SecurityvulnsSECURITYVULNS:DOC:17040RedLevel Advisory #015 - Redoable 1.2 Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability (patch included)
note to editors: this patch resolves this vulnerability: http://redlevel.org/wp-content/uploads/patch.zip
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Redoable 1.2 - Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Vulnerable Code
header.php (line 6):
… elseif (is_search()) { ?> Search for <?php echo $s } …
searchloop.php (line 24):
elseif (is_search()) { printf(__('Search Results for \'%s\'','redo_domain'), $s); }
Patched Code
header.php (line 6 FIXED):
… elseif (is_search()) { ?> Search for <?php echo strip_tags($s); } …
searchloop.php (line 24 FIXED):
elseif (is_search()) { printf(__('Search Results for \'%s\'','redo_domain'), strip_tags($s)); }
Vulnerable Variable: s
Vulnerable File: wp-content/themes/redoable/searchloop.php and header.php
Vulnerable: Redoable 1.2 (other versions should also be vulnerable)
Google d0rk: "and Redoable 1.2"
John Martinelli
[email protected]
RedLevel Security
http://www.RedLevel.org
May 17th, 2007
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<html>
<head><title>Redoable 1.2 - Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability</title><body>
<center><br><br>
<font size=4>Redoable 1.2 - Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability</font><br>
<font size=3>discovered by <a href="http://john-martinelli.com">John Martinelli</a> of <a href="http://redlevel.org">RedLevel
Security</a><br><br>
Google d0rk: <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=%22and+Redoable+1.2%22">"and Redoable 1.2"</a>
</font><br><br><br>
<center>file <b>index.php</b> - variable <b>s</b> - method <b>get</b></center><br>
<form action="http://www.target.com/index.php" method="get">
<input size=75 name="s" value="</title><script>alert(1)</script>">
<input type=submit value="Execute XSS Attack" class="button">
</form>
<br><br><br>
</form>
</body></html>