PT-2014-8825 · Apptha · Apptha Wordpress Video Gallery

Published 2014-11-26 · Updated 2014-11-28 · CVE-2014-9098

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 Apptha WordPress Video Gallery (contus-video-gallery) plugin version 2.5

Description The issue allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the videoadssearchQuery parameter to API endpoints such as "/videoads/videoads.php", "/video/video.php", or "/playlist/playlist.php". This can lead to cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

Recommendations For Apptha WordPress Video Gallery (contus-video-gallery) plugin version 2.5, consider updating to a version released after 2014-07-23 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, restrict access to the vulnerable API endpoints "/videoads/videoads.php", "/video/video.php", and "/playlist/playlist.php" to minimize the risk of exploitation. Avoid using the videoadssearchQuery parameter in these endpoints until the issue is resolved.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2014-9098

Affected Products

Apptha Wordpress Video Gallery

References · 5

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/34161 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/127611/WordPress-Video-Gallery-2.5-Cross-Site-Scripting-SQL-Injection.html · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9098 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/68883 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9098 · Note