PT-2013-1975 · WordPress · Organizer Plugin

Published 2013-01-24 · Updated 2017-11-22 · CVE-2012-6511

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 Organizer plugin version 1.2.1 for WordPress

Description The issue allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via specific parameters in an "Update Setting" action. The vulnerable parameters are the delete id parameter and the extension parameter in the "Update Setting" action to "wp-admin/admin.php".

Recommendations For Organizer plugin version 1.2.1, avoid using the delete id and extension parameters in the "Update Setting" action to "wp-admin/admin.php" until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the "Update Setting" action in wp-admin/admin.php to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-6511

Affected Products

Organizer Plugin

References · 6

• 🔥 http://websecurity.com.ua/5782 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/112086/WordPress-Organizer-1.2.1-Cross-Site-Scripting-Path-Disclosure.html · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6511 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75106 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-6511 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75105 · Note