CVE-2014-9340 Cross-site request forgery in n/a
Remote attackers can hijack administrator sessions via CSRF to inject XSS payloads, potentially compromising the WordPress site.
- 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-2014-9340?
CVE-2014-9340 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 19 Dec 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 wpCommentTwit plugin 0.5 and earlier for WordPress allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via the (1) username or (2) password parameter in the wpCommentTwit.php page to wp-admin/options-general.php.
Weakness: CWE-352
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-9340?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wpcommenttwit Project Wpcommenttwit.
How do I fix CVE-2014-9340?
No fix has been published for CVE-2014-9340 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2014-9340 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-9340 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-gqg3-32p5-7xrg.