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http://blog.sucuri.net/2015/02/zero-day-in-the-fancybox-for-wordpress-plugin.html CVE-2015-1494
colorlib fancybox Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Record summary
CVE-2015-1494 has a selected CVSS score of 4.3; EIP currently links 1 catalogued exploit.
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.
Description source: CVE List
Exploitation context
Known exploitation
- VulnCheck KEV
- Listed · Feb 17, 2015 · VulnCheck
- Reported exploitation
- Observed · VulnCheck
Available material
- Catalogued exploits
- 1
Affected products and versions
1| Product | Source | Version range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
fancyboxBrowse colorlib / fancybox | VulnCheck | Version data not supplied | |
Proofs of concept
1Catalogued exploits
ExploitDBWordPress Plugin Fancybox 3.0.2 - Persistent Cross-Site ScriptingExploitDB exploitby NULLpOint7rNot analyzed1 file
References
9118543vdb entry
http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/118543 36087exploit
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36087 [oss-security] 20150205 Re: CVE request for Zero-day in the Fancybox-for-WordPress Pluginmailing list
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/05/10 72506vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72506 nvd.nist.gov
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1494 plugins.trac.wordpress.orgConfirmation
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/1082625 wordpress.orgConfirmation
https://wordpress.org/plugins/fancybox-for-wordpress/changelog wordpress.org
https://wordpress.org/support/topic/possible-malware-2