Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 2.5
- Affected Plugin
- MP3-jPlayer
- Affected Version
< 2.5- CVSS
- 5.3Medium
- Weakness type
- CWE-200 · Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
- CVE
CVE-2015-1000008
At a glance
CVE-2015-1000008 is a medium-severity Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in the MP3-jPlayer WordPress plugin, affecting versions < 2.5. It carries a CVSS score of 5.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 2.5; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed July 2015, reported by Larry W. Cashdollar.
Vulnerability Overview
The MP3-jPlayer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Path Disclosure in versions before 2.5.
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-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
Reaching this weakness in MP3-jPlayer < 2.5 takes a caller who can reach the endpoint. Sensitive information exposure means data the application intended to keep internal is returned to a caller who should not be able to see it.
The disclosed data — credentials, tokens, customer records or internal paths — is usually worth more as material for a follow-up attack than as an end in itself. For MP3-jPlayer the fix is 2.5: builds < 2.5 are affected, anything from 2.5 onward is not.
Remediation
Update to version 2.5, or a newer patched version
How does WordSec protect against this?
The fix is the thing that ends this: MP3-jPlayer 2.5 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.
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