PT-2014-6335 · Unknown · Improved User Search

Mallory Adams · Published 2014-08-12 · Updated 2015-12-04 · CVE-2014-5196

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 Improved user search in backend plugin versions prior to 1.2.5

Description A cross-site request forgery (CSRF) issue exists, allowing remote attackers to hijack administrator authentication for requests that insert XSS sequences via the iusib meta fields parameter.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.2.5, update to version 1.2.5 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the improved-user-search-in-backend.php file in the backend until a patch is applied. Avoid using the iusib meta fields parameter in affected requests until the issue is resolved.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2014-5196

Affected Products

Improved User Search

References · 5

• 🔥 https://security.dxw.com/advisories/csrf-and-xss-in-improved-user-search-allow-execution-of-arbitrary-javascript-in-wordpress-admin-area · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-5196 · Security Note
• http://wordpress.org/plugins/improved-user-search-in-backend/changelog · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-5196 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/60590 · Note