Easy Contact Form Solution Plugin up to 1.6 on WordPress wp-admin/admin-ajax.php Value cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Easy Contact Form Solution Plugin up to 1.6 on WordPress. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file wp-admin/admin-ajax.php. Executing a manipulation of the argument Value as part of Parameter can lead to cross site scripting. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2014-7240. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Easy Contact Form Solution Plugin up to 1.6 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin). It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown function of the file wp-admin/admin-ajax.php. The manipulation of the argument value as part of a Parameter leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. CVE summarizes:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Easy Contact Form Solution plugin before 1.7 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the value parameter in a master_response action to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php.

The bug was discovered 10/10/2014. The weakness was presented 10/06/2017 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at g0blin.co.uk. This vulnerability was named CVE-2014-7240 since 09/30/2014. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1092 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:wp-admin/admin-ajax.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

Upgrading to version 1.7 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.2
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

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VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Easy Contact Form Solution Plugin 1.7

Timelineinfo

09/30/2014 🔍
10/10/2014 +10 days 🔍
10/06/2017 +1092 days 🔍
10/06/2017 +0 days 🔍
10/07/2017 +1 days 🔍
11/22/2019 +776 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: g0blin.co.uk
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2014-7240 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-7240
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-107548

Entryinfo

Created: 10/07/2017 12:13
Updated: 11/22/2019 15:49
Changes: 10/07/2017 12:13 (61), 11/22/2019 15:49 (1)
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Cache ID: 216:893:103

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