PT-2012-2168 · Caseproof · Pretty Link Lite

Published 2012-09-23 · Updated 2012-09-24 · CVE-2011-5191

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Pretty Link Lite plugin versions prior to 1.5.4

Description The issue is related to a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. It allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the slug parameter in the pretty-bar.php file.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.5.4, update to version 1.5.4 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the pretty-bar.php file until the update is applied. Avoid using the slug parameter in the affected plugin until the issue is resolved.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2011-5191

Affected Products

Pretty Link Lite

References · 3

• 🔥 http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/473693/pretty-link · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-5191 · Security Note
• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/pretty-link/changelog · Vendor Advisory