JW Player for Flash & HTML5 Video < 2.1.4 - Cross-Site Request Forgery leading to player deletion

2014-06-10 00:00
Tom Adams

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 2.1.4
Affected Version< 2.1.4
CVSS4.3Medium
CVECVE-2014-4030
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Vulnerability Overview

The JW Player plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 2.1.3. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the player deletion functionality. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete the plugin's players via forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 2.1.4, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)) The web application does not, or cannot, sufficiently verify whether a request was intentionally provided by the user who sent the request, which could have originated from an unauthorized actor.

External References

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