A vulnerability was found in SimpleFlickr up to 3.0.3 and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the file simpleFlickr.php. The manipulation of the argument simpleflickr_xmldatapath with an unknown input leads to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-352. The web application does not, or can not, sufficiently verify whether a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the request. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in the SimpleFlickr plugin 3.0.3 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) simpleflickr_width, (2) simpleflickr_bgcolor, or (3) simpleflickr_xmldatapath parameter in the simpleFlickr.php page to wp-admin/options-general.php.

The weakness was published 12/31/2014 (Website). The advisory is shared at xforce.iss.net. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2014-9396 since 12/17/2014. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

By approaching the search of inurl:simpleFlickr.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (99395).

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• 3.0.0
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