CVE-2013-6992 Cross-site request forgery in n/a
Remote attackers can hijack administrator sessions via CSRF to inject XSS payloads in the AskApache Firefox Adsense WordPress plugin.
- 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-2013-6992?
CVE-2013-6992 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 2 Jan 2014. 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 askapache-firefox-adsense.php in the AskApache Firefox Adsense plugin 3.0 and earlier for WordPress allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via the aafireadcode parameter to wp-admin/options-general.php.
Weakness: CWE-352
Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-6992?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Askapache Firefox Adsense.
How do I fix CVE-2013-6992?
No fix has been published for CVE-2013-6992 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2013-6992 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-6992 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xpg3-mpgm-gxqh.