full-disclosure - Re: [FD] Wordfence v5.2.3 (Wordpress Security Plugin)

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Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 14:33:54 -0700
From: Mark Maunder <mark@...dfence.com>
To: fulldisclosure@...lists.org
Subject: Re: [FD] Wordfence v5.2.3 (Wordpress Security Plugin) - Multiple
	Vulnerabilities

Fixed in version 5.2.4 which was released this morning. Our customers are
auto-updated to the new version.

Regards,

Mark.

On Sun, Sep 14, 2014 at 11:11 PM, Voxel@...ht <
voxelnight@...atioustendencies.com> wrote:

>
>
> Wordfence v5.2.3 suffers from multiple vulnerabilities.
> Stored XSS in IPTraf.php resulting from failing to sanitize
> $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']
> Stored XSS in cached pages resulting from failing to sanitize
> $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] <-- Yep, you can put javascript in the host header
> Insufficient Logging - One can trivially avoid having your requests logged
> because of some crappy code designed to filter out some types of requests
> Throttle bypass - Unlogged requests won't trigger automatic throttling and
> banning
> Revolution Slider exploit protection bypass - people seriously need to
> learn how $_REQUEST works.
> Also, if you have a few bucks to buy a domain name, you can make the
> plugin tell the admin that your IP belongs to google when they try to ban
> you.
>
> Details can be found here:
> https://vexatioustendencies.com/wordfence-v5-2-3-2-stored-xss-insufficient-logging-throttle-bypass-exploit-detection-bypass/
>
> -Voxel@...ht
>
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