WP Unique Article Header Image <= 1.0 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Cross-Site Scripting

2014-12-18 00:00

Manideep K

Strategic Overview

Status

Unpatched

Affected Pluginwp-unique-article-header-image

Affected Version<= 1.0

CVSS8.8High

CVECVE-2014-9400

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Vulnerability Overview

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in the Wp Unique Article Header Image plugin 1.0 and earlier for WordPress allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via the (1) gt_default_header or (2) gt_homepage_header parameter in the wp-unique-header.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-2014-9400 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/444a848d-61bc-4801-815f-d68bea59f5bc

CVSS Vector

8.8

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionRequired
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

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