PT-2012-3990 · WordPress · Wp-Facethumb

Henri Salo · Published 2012-08-13 · Updated 2012-08-14 · CVE-2012-2371

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-FaceThumb plugin version 0.1

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 pagination wp facethumb parameter in the index.php file.

Recommendations For WP-FaceThumb plugin version 0.1, consider disabling the vulnerable parameter pagination wp facethumb in the index.php file until a patch is available. Restrict access to the index.php file 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-2012-2371

Affected Products

Wp-Facethumb

References · 9

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/37155 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/112658/WordPress-WP-FaceThumb-Gallery-0.1-Cross-Site-Scripting.html · Exploit
• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/53497 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2371 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/49143 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-2371 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/16/1 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/15/12 · Note
• http://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-facethumb-reflected-xss-vulnerability-cwe-79 · Note