Easy Forms for Mailchimp 3.0 - 5.0.6 - Cross-Site Scripting

2014-09-26 00:00

James Hooker

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 5.0.7

Affected PluginEasy Forms for Mailchimp

Affected Version3.0 – 5.0.6

CVSS7.2High

CVECVE-2014-7152

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Vulnerability Overview

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Easy MailChimp Forms plugin 3.0 through 5.0.6 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the update_options action to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 5.0.7, 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-2014-7152 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b8877261-c60c-4433-9a4d-f1a99cac66c0

CVSS Vector

7.2

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeChanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

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