PT-2019-7395 · WordPress · Dynamic Widgets

Published 2019-09-26 · Updated 2024-11-27 · CVE-2015-9436

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

3.5

Low

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions dynamic-widgets plugin versions prior to 1.5.11

Description The issue concerns a cross-site scripting (XSS) problem. It can be exploited via the "action=term tree" prefix or the widget id parameter in the "/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php" API endpoint.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.5.11, update to version 1.5.11 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the "/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php" API endpoint or avoiding the use of the widget id parameter until the update is applied.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2015-9436

Affected Products

Dynamic Widgets

References · 5

• 🔥 https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8258 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://cinu.pl/research/wp-plugins/mail_489304900a50751da1495e2ea660bc51.html · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-9436 · Security Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-9436 · Note
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/dynamic-widgets/#developers · Note