PT-2014-6014 · Wu Rating · Wu-Rating Plugin

Anant Shrivastava · Published 2014-07-02 · Updated 2014-07-10 · CVE-2014-4601

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 Wu-Rating plugin versions 1.0 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 v parameter in the wu-ratepost.php file.

Recommendations For Wu-Rating plugin versions 1.0 and earlier, consider disabling the wu-ratepost.php file or restricting access to it until a patch is available. Avoid using the v parameter in the affected file to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2014-4601

Affected Products

Wu-Rating Plugin

References · 3

• 🔥 http://codevigilant.com/disclosure/wp-plugin-wu-rating-a3-cross-site-scripting-xss · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4601 · Security Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-4601 · Note