CVE-2014-5196 Cross-site request forgery in n/a
A CSRF vulnerability in a WordPress plugin allows attackers to hijack administrator sessions and inject XSS payloads, requiring admin interaction.
- 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-2014-5196?
CVE-2014-5196 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 12 Aug 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 improved-user-search-in-backend.php in the backend in the Improved user search in backend plugin before 1.2.5 for WordPress allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that insert XSS sequences via the iusib_meta_fields parameter.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-5196?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Improved User Search in Backend Project Improved User Search in Backend.
How do I fix CVE-2014-5196?
No fix has been published for CVE-2014-5196 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2014-5196 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-5196 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as CVE-2014-5157, GHSA-wwf7-p72f-c86w.