WP-ViperGB <= 1.3.10 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Cross-Site Scripting

2014-12-12 00:00

Kenneth Jepsen

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 1.3.11

Affected PluginWP-ViperGB

Affected Version<= 1.3.10

CVSS6.1Medium

CVECVE-2014-9460

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Vulnerability Overview

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in the WP-ViperGB plugin before 1.3.11 for WordPress allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that (1) change plugin settings via unspecified vectors or conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via the (2) vgb_page or (3) vgb_items_per_pg parameter in the wp-vipergb page to wp-admin/options-general.php.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 1.3.11, or a newer patched version --- 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-2014-9460 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/30dda650-3262-4d22-bec7-b6de3bc25381

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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