CVE-2012-4327

Image News Slider <= 3.2 - Unspecified Vulnerability

2014-08-01 00:00

Strategic Overview

Status: Patched in 3.3
Affected Plugin: Image News Slider
Affected Version: <= 3.2
CVSS: 7.3High
CVE: CVE-2012-4327

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At a glance

CVE-2012-4327 is a high-severity security vulnerability in the Image News Slider WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 3.2. It carries a CVSS score of 7.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 3.3; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed August 2014.

Vulnerability Overview

Unspecified vulnerability in the Image News slider plugin before 3.3 for WordPress has unspecified impact and remote attack vectors.

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.

Remediation

Update to version 3.3, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

The fix is the thing that ends this: Image News Slider 3.3 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-4327 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2735f9a5-3f5b-4eac-a19a-59925c1fe1b5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4327

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CVSS Vector

7.3

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

Base

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

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