vanilla forums poll plugin 0.9 - Persistent Cross-Site Scripting

EDB-ID:

18979

CVE:





Platform:

PHP

Date:

2012-06-03


# Title: Vanilla Poll 0.9 Stored XSS
# Date: 1/6/12
# Author: Henry Hoggard
# Author URL: henryhoggard.co.uk
# Author Twitter: @henryhoggard
# Software: Vanilla Version 2.0.18.4 + Vanilla Poll 0.9
# http://vanillaforums.org/download
# http://vanillaforums.org/addon/poll-plugin

# Exploit-DB Note:
# User must have proper privileges to attach
# a poll to a discussion

To create the XSS firstly create a new thread.
Once the thread is made press attach the poll and either enter the XSS in the title or the answers of the poll.

The XSS I used is
<script>alert('xss')</script>

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