PT-2015-6412 · WordPress · Free Counter

Panagiotis Vagenas · Published 2015-05-28 · Updated 2018-10-09 · CVE-2015-4084

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 Free Counter plugin version 1.1 for WordPress

Description A cross-site scripting (XSS) issue allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the value parameter in a check stat action to "wp-admin/admin-ajax.php" API endpoint.

Recommendations For Free Counter plugin version 1.1, avoid using the value parameter in the "wp-admin/admin-ajax.php" API endpoint until a fix is available. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the check stat action to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2015-4084

Affected Products

Free Counter

References · 6

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/37132 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132062/WordPress-Free-Counter-1.1-Cross-Site-Scripting.html · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-4084 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/535615/100/0/threaded · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-4084 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/74846 · Note