PT-2017-6149 · WordPress · Wordpress Post Highlights Plugin

Published 2017-10-16 · Updated 2017-10-25 · CVE-2014-8087

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: WordPress post highlights plugin versions prior to 2.6.1

Description: A cross-site scripting (XSS) issue allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the txt parameter in a headline action to "ajax/ph save.php" API endpoint.

Recommendations: For versions prior to 2.6.1, update to version 2.6.1 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2014-8087

Affected Products

Wordpress Post Highlights Plugin

References · 5

• 🔥 https://g0blin.co.uk/cve-2014-8087 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8087 · Security Note
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/post-highlights/#developers · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-8087 · Note
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8240 · Note