PT-2019-7396 · WordPress · Dynamic Widgets

Marcin Probola · Published 2019-09-26 · Updated 2024-11-27 · CVE-2015-9437

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 dynamic-widgets plugin versions prior to 1.5.11

Description The issue concerns a CSRF with resultant XSS. It is exploitable via the "page limit" parameter in the "/wp-admin/themes.php?page=dynwid-config" 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/themes.php?page=dynwid-config" endpoint until the update is applied. Avoid using the page limit parameter in the affected endpoint until the issue is resolved.

Exploit

Fix

CSRF

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-352

Related Identifiers

CVE-2015-9437

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-2015-9437 · Security Note
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/dynamic-widgets/#developers · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-9437 · Note