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WEB APPLICATION VULNERABILITIES Standard & Premium

WordPress 3.7.x Cross-Domain Flash Injection Vulnerability (3.7 - 3.7.24)

Description

WordPress is prone to a cross-domain Flash injection vulnerability. An attacker may leverage this issue to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site, allowing the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials, or to fool a user into inserting credentials on a fake Flash form. WordPress versions 3.7.x ranging from 3.7 and up to (and including) 3.7.24 are vulnerable.

Remediation

Update to WordPress version 3.7.25 or latest

References

https://opnsec.com/2017/10/cve-2016-9263-unpatched-xsf-vulnerability-in-wordpress/

https://opnsec.com/2017/10/flashme-wordpress-vulnerability-disclosure-cve-2016-9263/

https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.7.25

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Severity

High

Classification

CVE-2016-9263 CVE-2018-5776 CWE-269 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Tags

Missing Update

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