PT-2015-5257 · WordPress · Banner Effect Header

Omar Kurt · Published 2015-02-03 · Updated 2018-10-09 · CVE-2015-1384

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 Banner Effect Header plugin versions prior to 1.2.8

Description A cross-site scripting (XSS) issue allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the banner effect divid parameter in the BannerEffectOptions page to "wp-admin/options-general.php".

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.2.8, update to version 1.2.8 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the BannerEffectOptions page until the update is applied. Avoid using the banner effect divid parameter in the affected page until the issue is resolved.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2015-1384

Affected Products

Banner Effect Header

References · 6

• 🔥 https://netsparker.com/cve-2015-1384-xss-vulnerability-in-banner-effect-header · Exploit
• 🔥 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Feb/2 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1384 · Security Note
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/banner-effect-header/changelog · Patch
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/534592/100/0/threaded · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-1384 · Note