PT-2019-7379 · Soundcloud · Soundcloud Is Gold Plugin

Marcin Probola · Published 2019-09-26 · Updated 2019-10-02 · CVE-2015-9420

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 soundcloud-is-gold plugin versions prior to 2.3.2

Description The issue concerns a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) flaw. It is exploited via the id parameter in the "wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=get soundcloud player" API endpoint.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.3.2, update to version 2.3.2 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the "wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=get soundcloud player" API endpoint to minimize the risk of exploitation. Avoid using the id parameter in this endpoint until the issue is resolved.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2015-9420

Affected Products

Soundcloud Is Gold Plugin

References · 6

• 🔥 http://cinu.pl/research/wp-plugins/mail_9acbc3ef2dd43bfb78b6b3dcf6c5ef01.html · Exploit
• 🔥 https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8306 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-9420 · Security Note
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/soundcloud-is-gold/#developers · Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/7025 · Telegram Post
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-9420 · Note