PT-2012-4363 · WordPress · Share/Follow Plugin

Published 2012-05-21 · Updated 2017-08-29 · CVE-2012-2917

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 Share and Follow plugin version 1.80.3 for WordPress

Description A cross-site scripting (XSS) issue allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the cnd-key variable in a share-and-follow-menu page to 'wp-admin/admin.php' API endpoint.

Recommendations For Share and Follow plugin version 1.80.3, consider disabling the cnd-key variable in the share-and-follow-menu page until a patch is available. Restrict access to the 'wp-admin/admin.php' API endpoint to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-2917

Affected Products

Share/Follow Plugin

References · 6

• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/53533 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/37202 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/112691/WordPress-Share-And-Follow-1.80.3-Cross-Site-Scripting.html · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2917 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75616 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-2917 · Note