PT-2012-5311 · WordPress · Login With Ajax

Charlie Eriksen · Published 2012-08-13 · Updated 2012-08-14 · CVE-2012-4283

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 The issue is related to a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability that allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML. This is achieved via the callback parameter.

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 callback parameter to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-4283

Affected Products

Login With Ajax

References · 5

• 🔥 http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/541069 · Exploit
• http://secunia.com/advisories/49013 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4283 · Security Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-4283 · Note
• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/login-with-ajax/changelog · Note