Re: IL and XSS vulnerabilities in multiple themes for WordPress

[Shyaam <shyaam () gmail com>]

Background: As long as developers are taught about the limitations and checks, more like checks and balances, they 
should be able to ensure that this type of vuln is not pushed out in the final code.

In this case: the very name test.php is indicative of the scenario where the developers leave open backdoors for their 
testing purposes and forget to remove them during a push for production. This is common in every industry.

On Jun 4, 2011, at 12:17 PM, "MustLive" <mustlive () websecurity com ua> wrote:

> Hello list!
>
> I want to warn you about Information Leakage and Cross-Site Scripting
> vulnerabilities in multiple themes for WordPress.
>
> -------------------------
> Affected products:
> -------------------------
>
> Vulnerable are the next themes by WooThemes: Live Wire (all three themes
> from Live Wire series), Gotham News, Typebased, Blogtheme, VibrantCMS, Fresh
> News, The Gazette Edition, NewsPress, The Station, The Original Premium
> News, Flash News, Busy Bee, Geometric. Other vulnerable themes for WP are
> possible.
>
> ----------
> Details:
> ----------
>
> In different themes there is test.php - script with phpinfo() - which leads
> to Information Leakage (disclosure of FPD and other important information
> about the server) and XSS (in PHP < 4.4.1, 4.4.3-4.4.6).
>
> Information Leakage (WASC-13):
>
> http://site/wp-content/themes/_theme's_name_/includes/test.php
>
> XSS (WASC-08):
>
> http://site/wp-content/themes/_theme's_name_/includes/test.php?a[]=%3Cscript%3Ealert(document.cookie)%3C/script%3E
>
> For Live Wire the script is placed at address
> http://site/wp-content/themes/livewire/includes/test.php, similarly for
> other themes.
>
> ------------
> Timeline:
> ------------
>
> 2011.04.11 - announced at my site.
> 2011.04.12 - informed developers.
> 2011.06.04 - disclosed at my site.
>
> These vulnerabilities are still not fixed by developers. So users of these 
> themes are need to fix the vulnerabilities manually (e.g. by deleting of 
> this script).
>
> I mentioned about these vulnerabilities at my site
> (http://websecurity.com.ua/5071/).
>
> Best wishes & regards,
> MustLive
> Administrator of Websecurity web site
> http://websecurity.com.ua
>
>
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