PT-2012-4240 · WordPress · Login With Ajax

Charlie Eriksen · Published 2012-05-22 · Updated 2017-08-29 · CVE-2012-2759

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 Login With Ajax plugin versions prior to 3.0.4.1

Description A cross-site scripting issue allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML. This is achieved via the callback parameter in a lostpassword action to wp-login.php.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.0.4.1, update to version 3.0.4.1 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the lostpassword action in wp-login.php to minimize the risk of exploitation. Avoid using the callback parameter in the affected API endpoint until the issue is resolved.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-2759

Affected Products

Login With Ajax

References · 8

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2759 · Security Note
• http://osvdb.org/81712 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75470 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/53423 · Note
• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/login-with-ajax/changelog · Note
• http://secureworks.com/research/advisories/SWRX-2012-003 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-2759 · Note
• http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/541069 · Note