BIC Media Widget up to 1.0 bicm-carousel-preview.php param cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in BIC Media Widget up to 1.0. It has been classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file bicm-carousel-preview.php. This manipulation of the argument param causes cross site scripting. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2014-4516. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in BIC Media Widget up to 1.0 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the file bicm-carousel-preview.php. The manipulation of the argument param with an unknown input 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. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in bicm-carousel-preview.php in the BIC Media Widget plugin 1.0 and earlier for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the param parameter.

The weakness was shared 07/01/2014 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at codevigilant.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2014-4516 since 06/23/2014. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

By approaching the search of inurl:bicm-carousel-preview.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.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.3

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.3
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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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Timelineinfo

06/23/2014 🔍
07/01/2014 +8 days 🔍
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03/26/2015 +268 days 🔍
03/08/2018 +1078 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: codevigilant.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2014-4516 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-4516
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-70159

Entryinfo

Created: 03/26/2015 12:07
Updated: 03/08/2018 08:25
Changes: 03/26/2015 12:07 (40), 03/08/2018 08:25 (6)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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