Akismet Spam Protection < 2.0.2 - Cross-Site Scripting

2007-05-14 00:00

David Kierznowski

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 2.0.2

Affected PluginAkismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection

Affected Version<= 2.0.1

CVSS6.1Medium

CVECVE-2007-2714

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Vulnerability Overview

The Akismet Spam Protection plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the _wp_http_referer’ parameter in versions before 2.0.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 2.0.2, or a newer patched version --- 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-2007-2714 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e69122ed-8f18-4f2d-ba77-7538c7b6de6d

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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