Display Widgets <= 2.03 - Authenticated Cross-Site Scripting

2015-08-11 00:00

Marcin Probola

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 2.04

Affected PluginDisplay Widgets

Affected Version<= 2.03

CVSS5.4Medium

CVECVE-2015-9438

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Vulnerability Overview

The display-widgets plugin before 2.04 for WordPress has XSS via the wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=dw_show_widget id_base, widget_number, or instance parameter.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 2.04, 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-2015-9438 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/179c4920-5a03-4cf4-9e77-a814c3004769

CVSS Vector

5.4

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

Base

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

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