PT-2014-6425 · Disqus · Disqus Comment System Plugin

Nik Cubrilovic · Published 2014-08-19 · Updated 2014-08-20 · CVE-2014-5346

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Disqus Comment System plugin version 2.77

Description The issue affects the Disqus Comment System plugin, allowing remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators. This can be achieved through multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities. The vulnerabilities enable attackers to perform actions such as activating or deactivating the plugin, importing comments via an import comments action, or exporting comments via an export comments action to wp-admin/index.php. The vulnerable endpoints include wp-admin/edit-comments.php with the active parameter.

Recommendations For Disqus Comment System plugin version 2.77, update the plugin to a version that addresses the CSRF vulnerabilities. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

CSRF

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-352

Related Identifiers

CVE-2014-5346

Affected Products

Disqus Comment System Plugin

References · 5

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/34336 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://vexatioustendencies.com/csrf-in-disqus-wordpress-plugin-v2-77 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-5346 · Security Note
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Aug/46 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-5346 · Note