WordPress NextGEN Gallery Plugin swfupload Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

SA51271

14 Nov 2012

07 Dec 2012

Less Critical

Vendor Patch

WordPress NextGEN Gallery Plugin 1.x

From remote

Cross-Site Scripting

Cross-Site Scripting vulnerabilities allow a third party to manipulate the content or behaviour of a web application in a user's browser, without compromising the underlying system.

Different Cross-Site Scripting related vulnerabilities are also classified under this category, including "script insertion" and "cross-site request forgery".

Cross-Site Scripting vulnerabilities are often used against specific users of a website to steal their credentials or to conduct spoofing attacks.

A vulnerability has been discovered in the NextGEN Gallery plugin for WordPress, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.

The vulnerability is caused due to a bundled vulnerable version of swfupload.

For more information:
SA49651

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 1.9.7. Other versions may also be affected.

Update to version 1.9.8.

Reported by the vendor.

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/nextgen-gallery/changelog/