CVE-2014-5196

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in improved-user-search-in-backend.php in the backend in the Improved user search in backend plugin before 1.2.5 for WordPress allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that insert XSS sequences via the iusib_meta_fields parameter.

CVSS v2.0 4.3 MEDIUM

4.3^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
http://secunia.com/advisories/60590
http://wordpress.org/plugins/improved-user-search-in-backend/changelog	Patch Vendor Advisory
https://security.dxw.com/advisories/csrf-and-xss-in-improved-user-search-allow-execution-of-arbitrary-javascript-in-wordpress-admin-area/	Exploit

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:improved_user_search_in_backend_project:improved_user_search_in_backend:*:-:-:*:-:wordpress:*:*

History

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Information

Published : 2014-08-12 20:55

Updated : 2024-02-04 18:35

NVD link : CVE-2014-5196

Mitre link : CVE-2014-5196

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2014-5196

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Products Affected

improved_user_search_in_backend_project

improved_user_search_in_backend

CWE

CWE-79

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

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