Re: CVE request: persistent XSS in Wordpress Plugin NewStatPress v.1.0.3

["Seaman, Chad" <cseaman () akamai com>]

Was recently told by mitre that http referer injections don't "count" because my PoC used the curl referer flag rather 
that a malicious redirect...


Curious to see what they say here.



- Chad


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From: Responsive Disclosure | HSASec

Date: Wed, Jul 1, 2015 3:55 AM

To: cve-assign () mitre org;oss-security () lists openwall com;

Subject:[oss-security] CVE request: persistent XSS in Wordpress Plugin NewStatPress v.1.0.3


OpenWallInfo
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Created Tuesday 30 June 2015

Dear Sir or Mam,

we want to inform you about a security vulnerability in one of the
plugins provided by you or one member of your company.
Please regard the information below.

Plugin:
NewStatPress (https://wordpress.org/plugins/newstatpress/)

Product-Type:
Wordpress-Plugin

Version:
1.0.3

Vendor:
ice00 (http://newstatpress.altervista.org/?page_id=2)

Fixed:
reported: 2015-06-30
fixed in version 1.04, 2015-06-30

Changelog:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/newstatpress/changelog/


Type of vulnerability:
persistent XSS via HTTP-Header (Referer) (no authentication required)

Description:
An unsifficent user input validation (of HTTP-Header: Referer) results
in a persistent XSS in the wordpress admin-panel. So an attacker may be
able to access any cookies, session tokens or other sensitive
information retained by the browser and used with that site.

Proof of Concept:
yes (internal)

Researchers:
* Michael Kapfer (Michael.Kapfer () hs-augsburg de)

Best regards,
HSASec-Team (https://www.HSASec.de)