FancyBox Plugin for WordPress 'mfbfw' Parameter Persistent XSS

medium Nessus Plugin ID 81385

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Synopsis

The remote web server hosts a web application that is affected by a persistent cross-site scripting vulnerability.

Description

The version of the FancyBox plugin for WordPress installed on the remote host is affected by a persistent cross-site scripting vulnerability due to a failure properly sanitize user-supplied input to the 'mfbfw' POST parameter when the 'action' parameter is set to 'update'. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can exploit this issue to inject arbitrary script code into a user's browser to be executed within the security context of the affected site.

Solution

Upgrade to version 3.0.3 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 81385

File Name: wordpress_fancybox_persistent_xss.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses : XSS

Published: 2/16/2015

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: 2/4/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/4/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-1494

BID: 72506

Detections

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