CVE-2015-1494

Published Feb 17, 2015

Last updated 3 years ago

Overview

Description: 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.
Source: secalert@redhat.com
NVD status: Analyzed

Hype score: Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 4.3
Impact score: 2.9
Exploitability score: 8.6
Vector string: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-79

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:colorlib:fancybox:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "9F904DBF-3EC8-46DB-82A2-31C7CEB42E9D",
            "versionEndIncluding": "3.0.2"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

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