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TITLE:
WordPress WP Symposium Plugin "uid" Cross-Site Scripting
Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA47243

VERIFY ADVISORY:
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RELEASE DATE:
2011-12-12

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DESCRIPTION:
Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in the WP Symposium
plugin for WordPress, which can be exploited by malicious people to
conduct cross-site scripting attacks.

Input passed via the "uid" parameter to
wp-content/plugins/wp-symposium/uploadify/get_profile_avatar.php is
not properly sanitised before being returned to the user. This can be
exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's
browser session in context of an affected site.

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 11.11.26. Other versions
may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 11.12.08.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Secunia Research.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Secunia Research:
https://secunia.com/secunia_research/2011-82/

WP Symposium:
https://www.wpsymposium.com/2011/12/v11-12-08/

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