PT-2014-5565 · WordPress · Wordpress Bib2Html Plugin

Published 2014-05-27 · Updated 2014-05-28 · CVE-2014-3870

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 WordPress bib2html plugin version 0.9.3

Description A cross-site scripting issue exists, allowing remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML. This is achieved via the styleShortName parameter in an adminStyleAdd action to "OSBiB/create/index.php".

Recommendations For version 0.9.3, consider restricting access to the adminStyleAdd action in the "OSBiB/create/index.php" endpoint until a patch is available. Avoid using the styleShortName parameter in this endpoint to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2014-3870

Affected Products

Wordpress Bib2Html Plugin

References · 4

• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/67589 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/126782/wpbib2html-xss.txt · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3870 · Security Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-3870 · Note