PT-2008-2311 · WordPress · Wp-Footnotes

Published 2008-02-12 · Updated 2018-10-15 · CVE-2008-0691

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions WP-Footnotes plugin version 2.2

Description The issue concerns multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the admin panel.php file of the WP-Footnotes plugin. These vulnerabilities allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via specific parameters. The vulnerable parameters are wp footnotes current settings[priority], wp footnotes current settings[style rules], wp footnotes current settings[pre footnotes], and wp footnotes current settings[post footnotes].

Recommendations For WP-Footnotes plugin version 2.2, consider disabling the admin panel.php file or restricting access to it until a patch is available. Avoid using the vulnerable parameters in the affected admin panel until the issue is resolved. As a temporary workaround, restrict the input for the wp footnotes current settings parameters to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-0691

Affected Products

Wp-Footnotes

References · 7

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/31092 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0691 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28772 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/27572 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/40218 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/487430/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3634 · Note