PT-2019-7380 · WordPress · Olevmedia Shortcodes

Published 2019-09-26 · Updated 2019-09-26 · CVE-2015-9421

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 olevmedia-shortcodes plugin versions prior to 1.1.9

Description The issue concerns a CSRF with resultant XSS in the olevmedia-shortcodes plugin for WordPress. This occurs via the "wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=omsc popup" API endpoint, specifically through the id parameter.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.1.9, update to version 1.1.9 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the "wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=omsc popup" API endpoint to minimize the risk of exploitation. Avoid using the id parameter in this endpoint until the issue is resolved.

Exploit

Fix

CSRF

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-352

Related Identifiers

CVE-2015-9421

Affected Products

Olevmedia Shortcodes

References · 6

• 🔥 http://cinu.pl/research/wp-plugins/mail_d9e466122cd9a6ca27db840cca277cdb.html · Exploit
• 🔥 https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8338 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-9421 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/7024 · Telegram Post
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-9421 · Note
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/olevmedia-shortcodes/#developers · Note