CVE-2014-2598 Cross-site request forgery in n/a

Medium 6.8 Published Updated

A CSRF vulnerability in the Quick Page/Post Redirect WordPress plugin allows attackers to hijack admin sessions and execute XSS attacks.

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-2014-2598?

CVE-2014-2598 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 5 Jan 2015. 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 Quick Page/Post Redirect plugin before 5.0.5 for WordPress allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via the quickppr_redirects[request][] parameter in the redirect-updates page to wp-admin/admin.php.

Weakness: CWE-352

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-2598?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Quick Page\/Post Redirect Project Quick Page\/Post Redirect.

How do I fix CVE-2014-2598?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-2598 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2014-2598 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-2598 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-42fh-m3g3-79wr.

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