PT-2014-8651 · WordPress · Compfight Plugin

Published 2014-11-05 · Updated 2014-11-06 · CVE-2014-8622

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

3.5

Low

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Compfight plugin version 1.4 for WordPress

Description A cross-site scripting (XSS) issue allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the search-value parameter in the compfight-search.php file. This could potentially lead to unauthorized actions on the website.

Recommendations For Compfight plugin version 1.4, consider disabling the search-value parameter in the compfight-search.php file until a patch is available. Restrict access to the compfight-search.php file to minimize the risk of exploitation. Avoid using the search-value parameter in the affected API endpoint until the issue is resolved.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2014-8622

Affected Products

Compfight Plugin

References · 5

• 🔥 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/127430/WordPress-Compfight-1.4-Cross-Site-Scripting.html · Exploit
• http://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/compfight.1.5.zip · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8622 · Security Note
• http://wordpress.org/plugins/compfight/changelog · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-8622 · Note