Custom Banners < 2.1 - Cross-Site Scripting

2014-06-29 00:00

Ashiyane Digital Security Team

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 2.1

Affected PluginCustom Banners

Affected Version< 2.1

CVSS7.1High

CVECVE-2014-4724

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Vulnerability Overview

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Custom Banners plugin before 2.1 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the custom_banners_registered_name parameter to wp-admin/options.php.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 2.1, 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-2014-4724 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b6de66ee-08f6-47f6-b6d1-edbf7bea70d8

CVSS Vector

7.1

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

Base

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

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