PT-2014-7146 · Login Sidebar Widget · Login Widget With Shortcode

Mallory Adams · Published 2014-10-15 · Updated 2014-10-22 · CVE-2014-6312

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 Login Widget With Shortcode (login-sidebar-widget) plugin versions prior to 3.2.1

Description A cross-site request forgery (CSRF) issue allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. This is achieved via the custom style afo parameter on the "login widget afo" page to "wp-admin/options-general.php".

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.2.1, update to version 3.2.1 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the login widget afo page and the wp-admin/options-general.php endpoint to minimize the risk of exploitation. Avoid using the custom style afo parameter in the affected login widget until the issue is resolved.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2014-6312

Affected Products

Login Widget With Shortcode

References · 9

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/34762 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://exploit-db.com/exploits/34762 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://security.dxw.com/advisories/csrfxss-vulnerablity-in-login-widget-with-shortcode-allows-unauthenticated-attackers-to-do-anything-an-admin-can-do · Exploit
• 🔥 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Sep/58 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-6312 · Security Note
• http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/111757 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/111700 · Note
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/login-sidebar-widget/changelog · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-6312 · Note