PT-2019-7397 · WordPress · Display-Widgets

Gotti75 + 2 · Published 2019-09-26 · Updated 2019-09-26 · CVE-2015-9438

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 display-widgets plugin versions prior to 2.04

Description The issue allows for XSS via the "wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=dw show widget" API endpoint, specifically through the id base, widget number, or instance parameters.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.04, update to version 2.04 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2015-9438

Affected Products

Display-Widgets

References · 5

• 🔥 http://cinu.pl/research/wp-plugins/mail_a7012199c9236754edd72786637e5d2d.html · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-9438 · Security Note
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8247 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-9438 · Note
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/display-widgets/#developers · Note