CVE-2013-6797 Cross-site request forgery in n/a
A CSRF vulnerability in the Blue Wrench Video Widget plugin allows attackers to hijack administrator sessions and embed malicious JavaScript URLs.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2013-6797?
CVE-2013-6797 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 15 Nov 2013. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in bluewrench-video-widget.php in the Blue Wrench Video Widget plugin before 2.0.0 for WordPress allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that embed arbitrary URLs via the bw_url parameter in the bw-videos page to wp-admin/admin.php, as demonstrated by embedding a URL to a JavaScript file.
Weakness: CWE-352
Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-6797?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Sunil Nanda Blue Wrench Video Widget.
How do I fix CVE-2013-6797?
No fix has been published for CVE-2013-6797 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2013-6797 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2013-6797 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mw8f-qp6v-5695.