Description

WordPress Plugin WP Forum Server is prone to an SQL injection vulnerability and a cross-site scripting vulnerability. Exploiting these issues could allow an attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials, compromise the application, access or modify data, or exploit latent vulnerabilities in the underlying database. WordPress Plugin WP Forum Server version 1.7.3 is vulnerable; prior versions may also be affected.

Remediation

Update to plugin version 1.7.5 or latest

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53530/exploit

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/112703/WordPress-WP-Forum-Server-1.7.3-SQL-Injection-Cross-Site-Scripting.html

http://secunia.com/advisories/49167/

http://secunia.com/advisories/49155/

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Severity

High

Classification

CVE-2012-6622 CVE-2012-6623 CVE-2012-6625 CWE-79 CWE-89 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Tags

Missing Update SQL Injection XSS