SB2015100507 - Cross-site scripting in web-mv.de ResAds for WordPress 

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SB2015100507 - Cross-site scripting in web-mv.de ResAds for WordPress

Published: October 5, 2015

Security Bulletin ID SB2015100507
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-7667)

Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform XSS attacks.

The vulnerability is caused by an input validation error in (1) templates/admanagement/admanagement.php and (2) templates/adspot/adspot.php in the ResAds plugin before 1.0.2 for WordPress when processing the page parameter. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in victim's browser in security context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References