PT-2014-2393 · WordPress · Soundcloud Is Gold Plugin

Published 2014-01-16 · Updated 2019-09-30 · CVE-2012-6624

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 SoundCloud Is Gold plugin version 2.1 for WordPress

Description The issue allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the width parameter in a soundcloud is gold player preview action to the "/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php" API endpoint. This enables attackers to execute malicious code on the victim's browser.

Recommendations For SoundCloud Is Gold plugin version 2.1, avoid using the width parameter in the soundcloud is gold player preview action to the "/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php" API endpoint until a fix is available. Consider restricting access to the wp-admin/admin-ajax.php endpoint to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-6624

Affected Products

Soundcloud Is Gold Plugin

References · 6

• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/53537 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/37203 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/112689/WordPress-Soundcloud-Is-Gold-2.1-Cross-Site-Scripting.html · Exploit
• http://secunia.com/advisories/49188 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6624 · Security Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-6624 · Note