RokNewsPager <= 1.17 - Missing Domain Restriction
Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 1.18
- Affected Plugin
- RokNewsPager
- Affected Version
<= 1.17- CVSS
- 5.3Medium
- Weakness type
- CWE-20 · Improper Input Validation
- CVE
CVE pending
At a glance
This record tracks a medium-severity Improper Input Validation vulnerability in the RokNewsPager WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 1.17. 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 1.18; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed September 2013, reported by Eugene Dokukin.
Vulnerability Overview
The WordPress RokNewsPager plugin is vulnerable to Abuse of Functionality via the 'src' parameter in the 'thumb.php' file in versions up to, and including, 1.17. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to use implemented functions for unintended/malicious reasons.
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-20: Improper Input Validation
RokNewsPager <= 1.17 carries this weakness at src, and reaching it takes a caller who can reach the endpoint. Improper input validation means the application accepts input without confirming it has the form, type or range the code downstream assumes.
The concrete impact depends on where the unvalidated value lands, which is why records in this class range from cosmetic bugs to full compromise. For RokNewsPager the fix is 1.18: builds <= 1.17 are affected, anything from 1.18 onward is not.
Remediation
Update to version 1.18, or a newer patched version
How does WordSec protect against this?
The attempt arrives as an ordinary request to RokNewsPager: WordSec's web application firewall inspects request payloads before WordPress loads them. None of that substitutes for the fix: RokNewsPager 1.18 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.
- Firewall
- Alerts
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