PT-2014-8989 · WordPress · Twitter Liveblog

Published 2014-12-31 · Updated 2015-01-03 · CVE-2014-9398

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 Twitter LiveBlog plugin versions 1.1.2 and earlier for WordPress

Description A cross-site request forgery (CSRF) issue allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. This is achieved via the mashtlb twitter username parameter in the "twitter-liveblog.php" page to "wp-admin/options-general.php".

Recommendations For Twitter LiveBlog plugin versions 1.1.2 and earlier, consider disabling the plugin until a patch is available to prevent exploitation. Restrict access to the twitter-liveblog.php page and the wp-admin/options-general.php endpoint to minimize the risk of CSRF and XSS attacks. Avoid using the mashtlb twitter username parameter in the affected API endpoint until the issue is resolved.

Exploit

Fix

CSRF

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-352

Related Identifiers

CVE-2014-9398

Affected Products

Twitter Liveblog

References · 3

• 🔥 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129644/WordPress-Twitter-LiveBlog-1.1.2-CSRF-XSS.html · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9398 · Security Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9398 · Note