PT-2014-6049 · Wordfence · Wordfence Security

Published 2014-11-06 · Updated 2018-10-09 · CVE-2014-4664

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 Wordfence Security plugin versions prior to 5.1.4

Description A cross-site scripting (XSS) issue exists, allowing remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the whoisval parameter on the WordfenceWhois page to "wp-admin/admin.php".

Recommendations For versions prior to 5.1.4, update to version 5.1.4 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the WordfenceWhois page in wp-admin/admin.php to minimize the risk of exploitation. Avoid using the whoisval parameter in the affected page until the issue is resolved.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2014-4664

Affected Products

Wordfence Security

References · 8

• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/70915 · Exploit
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordfence/changelog · Vendor Advisory
• http://wordfence.com/blog/2014/06/security-fix-wordfence-5-1-4 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4664 · Security Note
• http://hacktivity.websecgeeks.com/word-press-firewall-plugin-xss · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-4664 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/533907/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/70911 · Note