CVE-2014-4717 Cross-site request forgery in n/a
Remote attackers can hijack administrator sessions via CSRF to inject XSS payloads in the Simple Share Buttons Adder 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-2014-4717?
CVE-2014-4717 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 3 Jul 2014. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in the Simple Share Buttons Adder plugin before 4.5 for WordPress allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via the (1) ssba_share_text parameter in a save action to wp-admin/options-general.php, which is not properly handled in the homepage, and unspecified vectors related to (2) Pages, (3) Posts, (4) Category/Archive pages or (5) post Excerpts.
Weakness: CWE-352
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-4717?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Sharethis Simple Share Buttons Adder.
How do I fix CVE-2014-4717?
No fix has been published for CVE-2014-4717 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2014-4717 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-4717 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-cf83-77fm-2rj8.