CVE-2014-2340 Cross-site request forgery in n/a
A CSRF vulnerability in the XCloner WordPress plugin allows attackers to hijack administrator sessions to create website backups.
- 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-2014-2340?
CVE-2014-2340 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 3 Apr 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 the XCloner plugin before 3.1.1 for WordPress allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that create website backups via a request to wp-admin/plugins.php.
Weakness: CWE-352
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-2340?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Xcloner Xcloner.
How do I fix CVE-2014-2340?
No fix has been published for CVE-2014-2340 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2014-2340 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-2340 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mg37-xw7q-j63c.