PT-2014-5979 · WordPress · Validated Plugin

Prajal Kulkarni · Published 2014-07-01 · Updated 2014-07-02 · CVE-2014-4564

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 Validated plugin versions 1.0.2 and earlier for WordPress

Description A cross-site scripting (XSS) issue exists, allowing remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML. This is achieved via the slug parameter in the check.php file.

Recommendations For Validated plugin versions 1.0.2 and earlier, avoid using the slug parameter in the check.php file until a fix is available. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the check.php file to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2014-4564

Affected Products

Validated Plugin

References · 3

• 🔥 http://codevigilant.com/disclosure/wp-plugin-validated-a3-cross-site-scripting-xss · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4564 · Security Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-4564 · Note