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CVE-2015-1494

Date: February 17, 2015

The FancyBox for WordPress plugin before 3.0.3 for WordPress does not properly restrict access, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via an mfbfw[*] parameter in an update action to wp-admin/admin-post.php, as demonstrated by the mfbfw[padding] parameter and exploited in the wild in February 2015.

Language: PHP

Severity Score

Related Resources (10)

http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/118543
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/05/10
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/1082625/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72506
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36087
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1494
https://wordpress.org/plugins/fancybox-for-wordpress/changelog/
https://wordpress.org/support/topic/possible-malware-2
http://blog.sucuri.net/2015/02/zero-day-in-the-fancybox-for-wordpress-plugin.html
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2015-1494

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CWE-79

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): HIGH
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): LOW
Availability (A): NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): PARTIAL
Availability (A): NONE
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