PT-2014-8943 · WordPress · Wpcommenttwit

Published 2014-12-19 · Updated 2014-12-22 · CVE-2014-9340

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 wpCommentTwit plugin version 0.5 and earlier

Description The issue allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. This is achieved via the username or password parameter in the "wpCommentTwit.php" page to "wp-admin/options-general.php" API endpoint.

Recommendations For wpCommentTwit plugin version 0.5 and earlier, consider disabling access to the wpCommentTwit.php page until a patch is available. Restrict access to the wp-admin/options-general.php endpoint to minimize the risk of exploitation. Avoid using the username and password parameters in the affected API endpoint until the issue is resolved.

Exploit

Fix

CSRF

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-352

Related Identifiers

CVE-2014-9340

Affected Products

Wpcommenttwit

References · 3

• 🔥 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129581/WordPress-wpCommentTwit-0.5-CSRF-XSS.html · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9340 · Security Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9340 · Note