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[SA26109] WordPress Blix Theme "s" Cross-Site Scripting

From: Secunia Security Advisories (sec-advsecunia.com)
Date: Wed Jul 18 2007 - 16:17:14 CDT


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TITLE:
WordPress Blix Theme "s" Cross-Site Scripting

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA26109

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/26109/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Cross Site Scripting

WHERE:
From remote

SOFTWARE:
Blix 0.x (theme for WordPress)
http://secunia.com/product/14819/

DESCRIPTION:
phoenix has discovered a vulnerability in the Blix theme for
WordPress, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct
cross-site scripting attacks.

Input passed to the "s" parameter in the WordPress installation's
index.php script is not properly sanitised before it is returned to
the user. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script
code in a user's browser session in context of an affected site.

The vulnerability is related to:
SA25310

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 0.9.1. Other versions may
also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly sanitised.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
phoenix

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA25310:
http://secunia.com/advisories/25310/

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