PT-2014-5980 · Unknown · Verification Code For Comments

Anant Shrivastava · Published 2014-07-02 · Updated 2014-07-09 · CVE-2014-4565

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 Verification Code for Comments plugin versions 2.1.0 and earlier

Description The issue allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the vp, vs, l, vu, or vm parameters in the vcc.js.php file. This can lead to cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

Recommendations For Verification Code for Comments plugin versions 2.1.0 and earlier, update to a version later than 2.1.0 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the vcc.js.php file or disabling the plugin until a patch is available. Avoid using the vp, vs, l, vu, or vm parameters in the affected file until the issue is resolved.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2014-4565

Affected Products

Verification Code For Comments

References · 3

• 🔥 http://codevigilant.com/disclosure/wp-plugin-verification-code-for-comments-a3-cross-site-scripting-xss · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4565 · Security Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-4565 · Note