Description

WordPress Plugin Notices Ticker is prone to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. Exploiting this issue may allow a remote attacker to perform certain administrative actions and gain unauthorized access to the affected application; other attacks are also possible. WordPress Plugin Notices Ticker version 5.0 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

Remediation

Update to the latest version

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55661/exploit

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/116774/WordPress-Notices-CSRF-XSS.html

http://secunia.com/advisories/50717/

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XOOPS Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') Vulnerability (CVE-2008-0612)

WordPress Configuration Vulnerability (CVE-2009-2336)

Moodle Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls Vulnerability (CVE-2015-3181)

Severity

High

Classification

CWE-352 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Tags

Missing Update CSRF