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Vulnerabilities in RunKeeper Allowed Cybercriminals to Run XSS Worm

12

Nov

2013

Portuguese security researcher David Sopas has identified a couple of vulnerabilities in RunKeeper, the highly popular fitness-tracking application. According to the expert, the security holes a cross-site scripting (XSS) and a cross-site reference forgery (CSRF) could have been exploited by cybercriminals to run an XSS worm. The CSRF issue impacted the Account Settings section. Using […]

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WordPress 3.3 XSS Vulnerability Patched (3.3.1 Released)

04

Jan

2012

We just learned of a reflected XSS vulnerability in WordPress 3.3 via the comments form (wp-comments.php). It is explained in detail here. The disclosed vulnerability can only be triggered via Internet Explorer according to the disclosing party, our tests lead to the same result. To further note, this is hard to reproduce because it does […]

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XSS Attack on Sina MicroBlog

29

Jun

2011

If you have not heard of Sina Weibo in China, you are behind the times. Sina Weibo is the most popular microblog service in China, with more than 100 million registered customers. Just yesterday (28 June), Sina Weibo was attacked through an XSS exploit: more than 30,000 high profile customers were affected and sent out messages containing a malicious link. Sina provided a quick […]

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