WordPress cryptographp 1.2 brushsize cross site scripting

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A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in WordPress cryptographp 1.2. Affected is an unknown function. Executing a manipulation of the argument brushsize can lead to cross site scripting. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2008-0203. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability has been found in WordPress cryptographp 1.2 (Content Management System) and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation of the argument brushsize 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:

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in cryptographp/admin.php in the Cryptographp 1.2 and earlier plugin for WordPress allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) cryptwidth, (2) cryptheight, (3) bgimg, (4) charR, (5) charG, (6) charB, (7) charclear, (8) tfont, (9) charel, (10) charelc, (11) charelv, (12) charnbmin, (13) charnbmax, (14) charspace, (15) charsizemin, (16) charsizemax, (17) charanglemax, (18) noisepxmin, (19) noisepxmax, (20) noiselinemin, (21) noiselinemax, (22) nbcirclemin, (23) nbcirclemax, or (24) brushsize parameter to wp-admin/options-general.php.

The weakness was presented 01/09/2008 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2008-0203 since 01/09/2008. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

See VDB-40472, VDB-40471, VDB-40470 and VDB-40469 for similar entries. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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• Content Management System

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• WordPress

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• cryptographp

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• 1.2

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• open-source

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• Vendor: https://wordpress.com/

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