Blairwilliams Pretty Link Lite plugin up to 1.4.30 pretty-bar.php slug cross site scripting

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Blairwilliams Pretty Link Lite plugin up to 1.4.30. The affected element is an unknown function of the file pretty-bar.php. Executing a manipulation of the argument slug can lead to cross site scripting. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2011-5191. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Blairwilliams Pretty Link Lite plugin up to 1.4.30. This vulnerability affects an unknown function of the file pretty-bar.php. The manipulation of the argument slug 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 pretty-bar.php in Pretty Link Lite plugin before 1.5.4 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the slug parameter, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-5192.

The weakness was presented 09/23/2012 (Website). The advisory is available at plugins.trac.wordpress.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2011-5191 since 09/23/2012. 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 are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

By approaching the search of inurl:pretty-bar.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

Upgrading to version 1.4.31 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• Blairwilliams

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• Pretty Link Lite plugin

Version

• 1.4.0
• 1.4.1
• 1.4.2
• 1.4.3
• 1.4.4
• 1.4.5
• 1.4.6
• 1.4.7
• 1.4.8
• 1.4.9
• 1.4.10
• 1.4.11
• 1.4.12
• 1.4.13
• 1.4.14
• 1.4.15
• 1.4.16
• 1.4.17
• 1.4.18
• 1.4.19
• 1.4.20
• 1.4.21
• 1.4.22
• 1.4.23
• 1.4.24
• 1.4.25
• 1.4.26
• 1.4.27
• 1.4.28
• 1.4.29
• 1.4.30

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