WordPress Plugin jRSS Widget 1.1.1 - 'url' Information Disclosure

Author: John Leitch
type: webapps
platform: php
port: 
date_added: 2010-11-08 
date_updated: 2014-10-15 
verified: 1 
codes: OSVDB-69073 
tags: WordPress Plugin
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source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44716/info

The jRSS Widget Plugin for WordPress is prone to an information-disclosure vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently validate user-supplied data.

An attacker can exploit this issue to view local files in the context of the affected application. This may allow the attacker to obtain sensitive information; other attacks are also possible.

jRSS Widget 1.1.1 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

http://www.example.com/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/jrss-widget/proxy.php?url=../../../../../../../../windows/win.ini