Post to Twitter <= 0.7 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Cross-Site Scripting

2014-12-18 00:00

Manideep K

Strategic Overview

Status

Unpatched

Affected PluginPost to Twitter

Affected Version<= 0.7

CVSS8.8High

CVECVE-2014-9393

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Vulnerability Overview

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in the Post to Twitter plugin 0.7 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) idptt_twitter_username or (2) idptt_tweet_prefix parameter 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-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

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9393 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d0d8d660-4f8f-4fd5-b001-b182219cf327

CVSS Vector

8.8

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionRequired
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

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