Timed Popup WordPress Plugin <= 1.4 - Cross-Site Request Forgery

2014-12-12 00:00

Kenneth Jepsen

Strategic Overview

Status

Unpatched

Affected PluginTimed Popup WordPress Plugin

Affected Version<= 1.4

CVSS6.1Medium

CVECVE-2014-9525

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Vulnerability Overview

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in the Timed Popup (wp-timed-popup) plugin 1.3 for WordPress allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that (1) change plugin settings via unspecified vectors or (2) conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via the sc_popup_subtitle parameter in the wp-popup.php page 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-2014-9525 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/feb25e04-8cd2-49d8-a459-4302c1ec332c

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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