User Photo up to 0.7 user-photo.php userphoto_options_page cross site scripting

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in User Photo up to 0.7. Affected by this vulnerability is the function userphoto_options_page of the file user-photo.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. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the userphoto_options_page function in user-photo.php in the User Photo plugin before 0.9.5.2 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the PATH_INFO to wp-admin/options-general.php. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

The weakness was published 05/21/2012 by ryan (Website). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2012-2920 since 05/21/2012. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

It is declared as highly functional. By approaching the search of inurl:user-photo.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

Upgrading to version 0.8 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (75496).

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3
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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Highly functional
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: User Photo 0.8

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05/10/2012 🔍
05/21/2012 +11 days 🔍
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03/23/2015 +1036 days 🔍
01/30/2018 +1044 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: ryan
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2012-2920 (🔍)
X-Force: 75496 - User Photo plugin for WordPress options-general.php cross-site scripting
SecurityFocus: 53449 - WordPress User Photo '$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']' Parameter Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
Secunia: 49100
OSVDB: 81806

Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 01/30/2018 10:19
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (52), 01/30/2018 10:19 (7)
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