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Google Calendar Events Plugin for WordPress 'admin-ajax.php' XSS
medium Nessus Plugin ID 79385
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Synopsis
The remote web server hosts a PHP script that is affected by a cross- site scripting vulnerability.Description
The version of the Google Calendar Events plugin for WordPress installed on the remote host fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input to the 'gce_feeds_ids' parameter of the 'admin-ajax.php' script before returning it to users. An attacker can use this to execute arbitrary script code within the context of the user's browser.Solution
Upgrade to version 2.0.4 or later.See Also
http://philderksen.com/google-calendar-events-version-2/
https://wordpress.org/plugins/google-calendar-events/#changelog
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 79385
File Name: wordpress_google_calendar_events_xss.nasl
Version: 1.7
Type: remote
Family: CGI abuses : XSS
Published: 11/21/2014
Updated: 6/5/2024
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Enable CGI Scanning: true
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.8
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Temporal Score: 3.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:wordpress:wordpress
Required KB Items: installed_sw/WordPress, www/PHP
Excluded KB Items: Settings/disable_cgi_scanning
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: No exploit is required
Patch Publication Date: 9/17/2014
Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/17/2014
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2014-7138
BID: 70370