CVE-2012-10018

Mapplic Lite and Mapplic <= (Various Versions) - Server Side Request Forgery to Cross-Site Scirpting

2012-03-23 00:00

Strategic Overview

Status: Patched in 1.0.1
Affected Plugin: Mapplic Lite
Affected Version: < 1.0.1
CVSS: 8.3High
Weakness type: CWE-918 · Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
CVE: CVE-2012-10018

At a glance

CVE-2012-10018 is a high-severity Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in the Mapplic Lite WordPress plugin, affecting versions < 1.0.1. It carries a CVSS score of 8.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 1.0.1; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed March 2012, reported by Eagle Eye.

Vulnerability Overview

The Mapplic and Mapplic Lite plugins for WordPress are vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in versions up to, and including 6.1, 1.0 respectively. This makes it possible for attackers to forgery requests coming from a vulnerable site's server and ultimately perform an XSS attack if requesting an SVG file.

Technical Analysis

The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no privileges on the target site, and no interaction from a victim user.

CWE-918: Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

Reaching this weakness in Mapplic Lite < 1.0.1 takes a caller who can reach the endpoint. Server-side request forgery means the application fetches a URL supplied by the caller, turning the server into a proxy for requests the attacker could not make directly.

The request originates from inside the hosting network, which is how these flaws reach cloud metadata endpoints, internal admin panels and services that trust local traffic. For Mapplic Lite the fix is 1.0.1: builds < 1.0.1 are affected, anything from 1.0.1 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 1.0.1, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

The attempt arrives as an ordinary request to Mapplic Lite: WordSec's web application firewall inspects request payloads before WordPress loads them. None of that substitutes for the fix: Mapplic Lite 1.0.1 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

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External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-10018 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5aacabb5-94af-485a-af24-e84db3e3726f https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-10018

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CVSS Vector

8.3

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeChanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityLow

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