Pressography WP Comment Remix plugin up to 1.3 wpcommentremix.php cross site scripting

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A vulnerability was found in Pressography WP Comment Remix plugin up to 1.3 (WordPress Plugin). It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown functionality of the file wpcommentremix.php. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. CVE summarizes:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in wpcommentremix.php in WP Comment Remix plugin before 1.4.4 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) replytotext, (2) quotetext, (3) originallypostedby, (4) sep, (5) maxtags, (6) tagsep, (7) tagheadersep, (8) taglabel, and (9) tagheaderlabel parameters.

The weakness was published 10/24/2008 (Website). The advisory is available at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2008-4733 since 10/24/2008. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as highly functional. By approaching the search of inurl:wpcommentremix.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

Upgrading to version 1.4 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (45861). Similar entries are available at 44711 and 44709.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
ATT&CK: T1059.007

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Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
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Upgrade: WP Comment Remix plugin 1.4

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11/27/2017 +986 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2008-4733 (🔍)
X-Force: 45861 - WP Comment Remix plugin for WordPress wpcommentremix.php cross-site scripting
SecurityFocus: 31750 - WP Comment Remix 1.4.3 SQL Injection and HTML Injection Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 32253 - WordPress WP Comment Remix Plugin Multiple Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 11/27/2017 08:11
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (63), 11/27/2017 08:11 (1)
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