PT-2014-5951 · WordPress · Dssearchagent: Wordpress Edition

Prajal Kulkarni · Published 2014-07-02 · Updated 2014-07-11 · CVE-2014-4522

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 dsSearchAgent: WordPress Edition plugin version 1.0-beta10 and earlier

Description The issue is related to a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. This allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the action parameter in the client-assist.php file.

Recommendations For dsSearchAgent: WordPress Edition plugin version 1.0-beta10 and earlier, update to a version later than 1.0-beta10 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the client-assist.php file to minimize the risk of exploitation. Avoid using the action parameter in the affected API endpoint until the issue is resolved.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2014-4522

Affected Products

Dssearchagent: Wordpress Edition

References · 2

• 🔥 http://codevigilant.com/disclosure/wp-plugin-dssearchagent-wordpress-edition-a3-cross-site-scripting-xss · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4522 · Security Note