Peadig's Twitter Feed: Embedded Timeline WordPress Plugin <= 2.2 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

2010-12-07 00:00

John Leitch

Strategic Overview

Status

Unpatched

Affected PluginPeadig's Twitter Feed: Embedded Timeline WordPress Plugin

Affected Version<= 2.2

CVSS7.1High

CVECVE-2010-4825

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Vulnerability Overview

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in magpie_debug.php in the Twitter Feed plugin (wp-twitter-feed) 2.2 and below for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the url parameter.

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-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-2010-4825 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2553a858-bbea-4ef2-8d45-e0a665123065

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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