PT-2014-8827 · Whydowork · Whydowork Adsense Plugin

Published 2014-11-26 · Updated 2014-11-26 · CVE-2014-9100

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 WhyDoWork AdSense plugin version 1.2

Description A cross-site scripting (XSS) issue exists, allowing remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the idcode parameter in the "whydowork adsense" page to "wp-admin/options-general.php".

Recommendations For WhyDoWork AdSense plugin version 1.2, avoid using the idcode parameter in the affected page until the issue is resolved. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the "whydowork adsense" page in "wp-admin/options-general.php" to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2014-9100

Affected Products

Whydowork Adsense Plugin

References · 4

• 🔥 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/127658/WordPress-WhyDoWork-AdSense-1.2-XSS-CSRF.html · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9100 · Security Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9100 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/68954 · Note