iTwitter <= 0.04 - Cross-Site Scripting

2014-12-15 00:00

Vulnerability Lab

Strategic Overview

Status

Unpatched

Affected PluginiTwitter

Affected Version<= 0.04

CVSS6.1Medium

CVECVE-2014-9336

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Vulnerability Overview

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in the iTwitter plugin 0.04 and earlier for WordPress allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via the (1) itex_t_twitter_username or (2) itex_t_twitter_userpass parameter in the iTwitter.php page to wp-admin/options-general.php.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement. --- 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-2014-9336 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/56cd4317-46e1-4e6c-a586-b3aacb189dd8

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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