FancyBox for WordPress <= 3.0.2 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting

2015-02-04 00:00
Sucuri Research Team

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 3.0.3
Affected PluginFancyBox for WordPress
Affected Version< 3.0.3
CVSS6.1Medium
CVECVE-2015-1494
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Vulnerability Overview

The FancyBox for WordPress plugin before 3.0.3 for WordPress does not properly restrict access, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via an mfbfw[*] parameter in an update action to wp-admin/admin-post.php, as demonstrated by the mfbfw[padding] parameter and exploited in the wild in February 2015.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 3.0.3, 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

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