WordPress BulletProof Security Plugin <= .47.0 - XSS - Patchstack

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WordPress BulletProof Security Plugin <= .47.0 - XSS

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Software

BulletProof Security

Versions

<= .47.0

Disclosure date

2012-08-13

CVE

CVE-2012-4268

References

CVE Mitre

Credits

SiNA Rabbani

Classification

Cross Site Scripting (XSS)

OWASP Top 10

A3: Cross Site Scripting (XSS)

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Details

Because of this vulnerability, the attackers can inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING header.

Solution

Update the plugin.

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