CVE-2014-2559 Cross-site request forgery in n/a

Medium 6.8 Published Updated

Remote attackers can hijack administrator sessions to modify plugin settings via CSRF in the Twitget WordPress plugin.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2014-2559?

CVE-2014-2559 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 17 Oct 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in twitget.php in the Twitget plugin before 3.3.3 for WordPress allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that change unspecified plugin options via a request to wp-admin/options-general.php.

Weakness: CWE-352

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-2559?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Twitget Project Twitget.

How do I fix CVE-2014-2559?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-2559 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2014-2559 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-2559 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-6x6h-5999-c5q3.

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