HK Exif Tags <= 1.11 - Cross-Site Scripting

2014-08-01 00:00

Anonymous

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 1.12

Affected PluginHK Exif Tags

Affected Version<= 1.11

CVSS6.1Medium

CVECVE-2014-100007

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Vulnerability Overview

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the HK Exif Tags plugin before 1.12 for WordPress allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an EXIF tag. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 1.12, 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-2014-100007 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/835cbcfa-bb8d-4b46-9316-500e1b47cfb5

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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