PT-2014-3242 · Askapache · Askapache Firefox Adsense Plugin

Published 2014-01-02 · Updated 2018-10-09 · CVE-2013-6992

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions AskApache Firefox Adsense plugin versions 3.0 and earlier

Description A cross-site request forgery (CSRF) issue allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. This is achieved via the aafireadcode parameter to the "wp-admin/options-general.php" endpoint.

Recommendations For AskApache Firefox Adsense plugin versions 3.0 and earlier, update to a version later than 3.0 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the "wp-admin/options-general.php" endpoint to minimize the risk of exploitation. Avoid using the aafireadcode parameter in the affected endpoint until the issue is resolved.

Exploit

Fix

CSRF

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-352

Related Identifiers

CVE-2013-6992

Affected Products

Askapache Firefox Adsense Plugin

References · 6

• 🔥 https://htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23188 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://osvdb.org/101435 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6992 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/64534 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-6992 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/530539/100/0/threaded · Note