CVE-2014-10388

Support Plus Responsive Ticket System <= 4.1 - Full Path Disclosure

2014-09-09 00:00

Strategic Overview

Status: Patched in 4.2
Affected Plugin: WP Support Plus Responsive Ticket System
Affected Version: < 4.2
CVSS: 5.3Medium
Weakness type: CWE-200 · Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CVE: CVE-2014-10388

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At a glance

CVE-2014-10388 is a medium-severity Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in the WP Support Plus Responsive Ticket System WordPress plugin, affecting versions < 4.2. 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 4.2; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed September 2014, reported by Fikri Fadzil.

Vulnerability Overview

The Support Plus Responsive Ticket System plugin before 4.2 for WordPress has full path disclosure.

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 WP Support Plus Responsive Ticket System < 4.2 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 WP Support Plus Responsive Ticket System the fix is 4.2: builds < 4.2 are affected, anything from 4.2 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 4.2, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

The fix is the thing that ends this: WP Support Plus Responsive Ticket System 4.2 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-10388 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/bac8245c-292a-4b16-950f-fa3d06e41a09 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-10388

Related records

Other vulnerabilities in WP Support Plus Responsive Ticket System

CVSS Vector

5.3

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityNone

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