PT-2018-4380 · Nextend · Nextend Twitter Connect

Liran Segal · Published 2018-04-12 · Updated 2018-05-16 · CVE-2015-4557

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 Nextend Twitter Connect plugin versions prior to 1.5.2

Description The issue is related to a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. It affects the new Twitter sign button function in the nextend-Twitter-connect.php file. The vulnerability allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the redirect to parameter.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.5.2, update to version 1.5.2 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the new Twitter sign button function and avoid using the redirect to parameter in the affected API endpoint until the issue is resolved.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2015-4557

Affected Products

Nextend Twitter Connect

References · 6

• 🔥 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132432/WordPress-Nextend-Twitter-Connect-1.5.1-Cross-Site-Scripting.html · Exploit
• 🔥 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jun/71 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-4557 · Security Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-4557 · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/1178744/nextend-twitter-connect · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/75395 · Note