CVE-2014-9398 Cross-site request forgery in n/a
A CSRF vulnerability in the Twitter LiveBlog WordPress plugin allows attackers to hijack administrator sessions and inject XSS payloads.
- 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-2014-9398?
CVE-2014-9398 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 31 Dec 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 the Twitter LiveBlog plugin 1.1.2 and earlier for WordPress allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via the mashtlb_twitter_username parameter in the twitter-liveblog.php page to wp-admin/options-general.php.
Weakness: CWE-352
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-9398?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Twitter Liveblog Project Twitter Liveblog.
How do I fix CVE-2014-9398?
No fix has been published for CVE-2014-9398 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2014-9398 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-9398 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-6jjp-88fv-mj7g.