PT-2014-4618 · WordPress · Thank You Counter Button

Published 2014-03-07 · Updated 2017-08-29 · CVE-2014-2315

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 Thank You Counter Button plugin version 1.8.7

Description The issue allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the thanks caption, thanks caption style, or thanks style parameter to "wp-admin/options.php". This can lead to cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

Recommendations For Thank You Counter Button plugin version 1.8.7, avoid using the parameters thanks caption, thanks caption style, or thanks style in the "wp-admin/options.php" endpoint until the issue is resolved. Restrict access to the wp-admin/options.php endpoint to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2014-2315

Affected Products

Thank You Counter Button

References · 5

• 🔥 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/125397 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-2315 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/91474 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/65805 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-2315 · Note