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Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in Master Slider WordPress Plugin


From: Summer of Pwnage <lists () securify nl>
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2016 18:36:44 +0200

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Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in Master Slider WordPress Plugin
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Yorick Koster, July 2016

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Abstract
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A Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability was found in the Master Slider
WordPress Plugin. This issue allows an attacker to perform a wide
variety of actions, such as stealing Administrators' session tokens, or
performing arbitrary actions on their behalf. In order to exploit this
issue, the attacker has to lure/force a logged on WordPress
Administrator into opening a malicious website.

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OVE ID
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OVE-20160712-0013

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Tested versions
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This issue was successfully tested on Master Slider - Responsive Touch
Slider WordPress Plugin version 2.7.1.

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Fix
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This issue is resolved in Master Slider version 2.8.0.

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Details
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https://sumofpwn.nl/advisory/2016/cross_site_scripting_vulnerability_in_master_slider_wordpress_plugin.html

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