Malware Finder up to 1.1 process.php Query cross site scripting

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A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Malware Finder up to 1.1. The impacted element is an unknown function of the file process.php. This manipulation of the argument Query causes cross site scripting. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2014-4538. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Malware Finder up to 1.1 (Anti-Malware Software). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the file process.php. The manipulation of the argument query 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 process.php in the Malware Finder plugin 1.1 and earlier for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the query parameter.

The weakness was published 07/01/2014 (Website). The advisory is shared at codevigilant.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2014-4538 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 are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

By approaching the search of inurl:process.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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• Anti-Malware Software

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• Malware Finder

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• 1.0
• 1.1

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