Nextend Twitter Connect <= 1.5.1 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

2015-06-24 00:00

Liran Segal

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 1.5.2

Affected PluginNextend Twitter Connect

Affected Version<= 1.5.1

CVSS6.1Medium

CVECVE-2015-4557

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Vulnerability Overview

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the new_Twitter_sign_button function in nextend-Twitter-connect.php in the Nextend Twitter Connect plugin before 1.5.2 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the redirect_to parameter. NOTE: this may overlap CVE-2015-4413.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 1.5.2, 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-2015-4557 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3b0336d7-1c85-4379-80db-19b478ba5471

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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