CVE-2015-1494

EXPLOITED IN THE WILD

FancyBox for WordPress <3.0.3 - XSS

Title source: llm

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.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED

by NULLpOint7r · textwebappsphp

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36087

View Code ZIP pw:eip

References (8)

[Third Party Advisory] http://blog.sucuri.net/2015/02/zero-day-in-the-fancybox-for-wordpress-plugin.html

[Broken Link] http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/118543

[Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36087

[Mailing List] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/05/10

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72506

[Issue Tracking] https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/1082625/

[Patch] https://wordpress.org/plugins/fancybox-for-wordpress/changelog/

[Exploit] https://wordpress.org/support/topic/possible-malware-2

Scores

EPSS 0.0456

EPSS Percentile 89.2%

Details

VulnCheck KEV 2015-02-17

InTheWild.io 2021-07-20

CWE

CWE-79

Status published

Products (1)

colorlib/fancybox < 3.0.2

Published Feb 17, 2015

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026