PT-2014-6169 · WordPress · Polylang

Published 2014-07-10 · Updated 2014-07-11 · CVE-2014-4855

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 Polylang plugin versions prior to 1.5.2

Description A cross-site scripting (XSS) issue allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to a user description.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.5.2, update to version 1.5.2 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting user input in descriptions to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2014-4855

Affected Products

Polylang

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4855 · Security Note
• http://wordpress.org/plugins/polylang/changelog · Patch
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-4855 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/59357 · Note