PT-2019-7454 · WordPress · Syndication-Links Plugin

Published 2019-10-22 · Updated 2019-10-24 · CVE-2015-9495

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 syndication-links plugin versions prior to 1.0.3 for WordPress

Description The issue is related to a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. It affects the syndication-links plugin for WordPress, specifically via the genericons/example.html anchor identifier.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.0.3, update to version 1.0.3 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the genericons/example.html file until the update is applied.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2015-9495

Affected Products

Syndication-Links Plugin

References · 5

• 🔥 https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/7981 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-9495 · Security Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-9495 · Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/7573 · Telegram Post
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/syndication-links/#developers · Note