PT-2015-5390 · WordPress · Image Metadata Cruncher

Published 2015-02-19 · Updated 2018-10-09 · CVE-2015-1614

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 Image Metadata Cruncher plugin for WordPress (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. This can be achieved via the image metadata cruncher[alt] or image metadata cruncher[caption] parameter in an update action in the image metadata cruncher title page to "wp-admin/options.php" or a custom image meta tag to the image metadata cruncher page.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

CSRF

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-352

Related Identifiers

CVE-2015-1614

Affected Products

Image Metadata Cruncher

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1614 · Security Note
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130404/WordPress-Image-Metadata-Cruncher-Cross-Site-Scripting.html · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100926 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/534711/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/534718/100/0/threaded · Note