PT-2014-8982 · WordPress · Slideshow

Published 2014-12-31 · Updated 2015-01-03 · CVE-2014-9391

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 gSlideShow plugin versions 0.1 and earlier for WordPress

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 rss, display time, or transistion time parameter in the "gslideshow.php" page to "wp-admin/options-general.php".

Recommendations For gSlideShow plugin versions 0.1 and earlier, consider disabling the gslideshow.php page or restricting access to the rss, display time, and transistion time parameters until a patch is available. Avoid using these parameters in the affected page to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

CSRF

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-352

Related Identifiers

CVE-2014-9391

Affected Products

Slideshow

References · 3

• 🔥 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129637/WordPress-gSlideShow-0.1-CSRF-XSS.html · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9391 · Security Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9391 · Note