Backup, Restore and Migrate WordPress Sites With the XCloner Plugin <= 3.1.1 - Sensitive Information Disclosure

2014-10-17 00:00

Larry W. Cashdollar

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 3.1.2

Affected PluginBackup, Restore and Migrate your sites with XCloner

Affected Version< 3.1.2

CVSS7.2High

CVECVE-2014-8607

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Vulnerability Overview

The XCloner plugin 3.1.1 for WordPress and 3.5.1 for Joomla! provides the MySQL username and password on the command line, which allows local users with administrator privileges to obtain sensitive information via the ps command.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 3.1.2, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor) The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-8607 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/fae9f282-eb67-4ad9-be2d-677238527934

CVSS Vector

7.2

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredHigh
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

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