PT-2012-4366 · WordPress · User Photo

Ryan Hellyer · Published 2012-05-21 · Updated 2017-08-29 · CVE-2012-2920

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 User Photo plugin versions prior to 0.9.5.2

Description The issue is related to a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. It affects the userphoto options page function in user-photo.php, allowing remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the PATH INFO to wp-admin/options-general.php.

Recommendations For versions prior to 0.9.5.2, update to version 0.9.5.2 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the wp-admin/options-general.php page to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-2920

Affected Products

User Photo

References · 8

• http://secunia.com/advisories/49100 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2920 · Security Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-2920 · Note
• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/user-photo/changelog · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75496 · Note
• http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=%2Fuser-photo&old=541880&new_path=%2Fuser-photo&new=541880 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/53449 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/81806 · Note