PT-2015-6430 · WordPress · Wp Smiley

Henri Salo · Published 2015-06-18 · Updated 2015-06-19 · CVE-2015-4140

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 WP Smiley plugin version 1.4.1

Description A cross-site request forgery (CSRF) issue allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of editors for requests that conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. This is achieved via the s4w-more parameter to the "smilies4wp.php" page, which is accessed through "wp-admin/options-general.php".

Recommendations For WP Smiley plugin version 1.4.1, consider disabling access to the smilies4wp.php page until a patch is available. Restrict the use of the s4w-more parameter in the affected API endpoint to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

CSRF

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-352

Related Identifiers

CVE-2015-4140

Affected Products

Wp Smiley

References · 5

• 🔥 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/29/1 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-4140 · Security Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/31/2 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-4140 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/74914 · Note