bugtraq - Cross-Site Scripting in Check Email WordPress Plugin

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Message-ID: <9dce94a9-b06e-6332-3dbf-a193a2b73775@securify.nl>
Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2016 11:47:03 +0100
From: Summer of Pwnage <lists@...urify.nl>
To: bugtraq@...urityfocus.com
Subject: Cross-Site Scripting in Check Email WordPress Plugin

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Cross-Site Scripting in Check Email WordPress Plugin
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Antonis Manaras, July 2016

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Abstract
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A Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability was found in the Check Email
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-20160725-0009

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Tested versions
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This issue was successfully tested on Check Email WordPress Plugin
version 0.3.

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Fix
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The issue is fixed in Check Email version 0.5.

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

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