Ad-minister <= 0.6 - Cross-Site Scripting

2013-12-13 00:00

High-Tech Bridge Security Research Lab

Strategic Overview

Status

Unpatched

Affected Pluginad-minister

Affected Version<= 0.6

CVSS6.1Medium

CVECVE-2013-6993

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Vulnerability Overview

The Ad-minister plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 0.6 via the key parameter in a delete action to wp-admin/tools.php due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts that execute in a victim's browser.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement. --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')) The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-6993 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6870e237-2c2f-46c7-bf00-b3f1bedb8d8d

CVSS Vector

6.1

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionRequired
ScopeChanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

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