PT-2010-5521 · WordPress · Safe Search

Published 2010-12-09 · Updated 2010-12-18 · CVE-2010-4518

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 Safe Search plugin version 0.7

Description The issue is related to a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the v1 parameter in the wp-safe-search/wp-safe-search-jx.php file.

Recommendations For Safe Search plugin version 0.7, avoid using the v1 parameter in the affected API endpoint until the issue is resolved. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the wp-safe-search/wp-safe-search-jx.php file to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2010-4518

Affected Products

Safe Search

References · 6

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/35067 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/45267 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://johnleitch.net/Vulnerabilities/WordPress.Safe.Search.0.7.Reflected.Cross-site.Scripting/66 · Exploit
• http://secunia.com/advisories/42544 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4518 · Security Note
• http://osvdb.org/69762 · Note