A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Justin Klein WP-ViperGB up to 1.3.9 (WordPress Plugin). Affected is some unknown functionality. The manipulation of the argument vgb_items_per_pg with an unknown input leads to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in the WP-ViperGB plugin before 1.3.11 for WordPress allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that (1) change plugin settings via unspecified vectors or conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via the (2) vgb_page or (3) vgb_items_per_pg parameter in the wp-vipergb page to wp-admin/options-general.php.

The weakness was presented 01/02/2015 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at wordpress.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2014-9460 since 01/02/2015. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

Upgrading to version 1.3.10 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (99440).

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• Justin Klein

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• WP-ViperGB

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• 1.3.0
• 1.3.1
• 1.3.2
• 1.3.3
• 1.3.4
• 1.3.5
• 1.3.6
• 1.3.7
• 1.3.8
• 1.3.9

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