bugtraq - HTB22961: XSS in WP Photo Album wordpress plugin

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Message-Id: <201104280909.p3S995wp044340@htbridge.ch>
Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2011 11:09:05 +0200 (CEST)
From: advisory@...ridge.ch
To: bugtraq@...urityfocus.com
Subject: HTB22961: XSS in WP Photo Album wordpress plugin

Vulnerability ID: HTB22961
Reference: http://www.htbridge.ch/advisory/xss_in_wp_photo_album_wordpress_plugin.html
Product: WP Photo Album wordpress plugin
Vendor: Rubin J. Kaplan  ( http://me.mywebsight.ws/ ) 
Vulnerable Version: 1.5.1
Vendor Notification: 14 April 2011 
Vulnerability Type: XSS (Cross Site Scripting)
Risk level: Medium 
Credit: High-Tech Bridge SA Security Research Lab ( http://www.htbridge.ch/advisory/ ) 

Vulnerability Details:
User can execute arbitrary JavaScript code within the vulnerable application.
The vulnerability exists due to failure in the "wppa.php" script to properly sanitize user-supplied input in "id" variable. 
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could result in a compromise of the application, theft of cookie-based authentication credentials, disclosure or modification of sensitive data.

The following PoC is available:  

http://[host]/wp-admin/admin.php?page=wp-photo-album/wppa.php&tab=del&id=%22%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.cookie%29%3C/script%3E