WP Symposium <= 14.10 - Cross-Site Scripting

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2014-8809
CVSS Medium (6.1)
Publicly Published November 26, 2014
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Kacper Szurek
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.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wp-symposium (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 14.10
Patched Version
  • 14.11
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