Wp Symposium: Cross-site scripting
Wp Symposium is affected by cross-site scripting. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. Injected script can execute in the affected site's origin when the vulnerable output is viewed.
- Component
- Wp Symposium
- Plugin slug
wp-symposium- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Dec 24, 2014
This CVE was published Dec 24, 2014 and is one of 10 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Wp Symposium to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the WP Symposium plugin before 14.11 for WordPress allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) text parameter in an addComment action to ajax/profile_functions.php, (2) compose_text parameter in a sendMail action to ajax/mail_functions.php, (3) comment parameter in an add_comment action to ajax/lounge_functions.php, or (4) name parameter in a create_album action to ajax/gallery_functions.php.
NVD vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N