PT-2019-7418 · WordPress · Searchterms-Tagging-2

Marcin Probola · Published 2019-10-10 · Updated 2019-10-11 · CVE-2015-9459

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 searchterms-tagging-2 plugin versions 1.535 and earlier

Description The issue is related to a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. It occurs via the count parameter in the wp-admin/options-general.php API endpoint. This allows for potential malicious script injection.

Recommendations For searchterms-tagging-2 plugin versions 1.535 and earlier, consider disabling access to the wp-admin/options-general.php endpoint until a fix is available. Avoid using the count parameter in this endpoint to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2015-9459

Affected Products

Searchterms-Tagging-2

References · 6

• 🔥 http://cinu.pl/research/wp-plugins/mail_d14e213879cd60e80e538bde21c0359b.html · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-9459 · Security Note
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/searchterms-tagging-2/#developers · Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/7357 · Telegram Post
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-9459 · Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/7358 · Telegram Post