Quick Page/Post Redirect Plugin < 5.0.5 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Stored Cross-Site Scripting

2014-08-01 00:00

Mallory Adams

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 5.0.5

Affected PluginQuick Page/Post Redirect Plugin

Affected Version< 5.0.5

CVSS7.1High

CVECVE-2014-2598

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Vulnerability Overview

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Quick Page/Post Redirect plugin before 5.0.5 for WordPress allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via the quickppr_redirects[request][] parameter in the redirect-updates page to wp-admin/admin.php.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 5.0.5, 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-2014-2598 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0b6e9430-bb78-47c3-9958-4f40028c3d93

CVSS Vector

7.1

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

Base

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

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