VDB-70667 · CVE-2014-5346 · EDB 34336

Disqus Comment System 2.77 active cross-site request forgery

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Disqus Comment System 2.77. This vulnerability affects unknown code. The manipulation of the argument active leads to cross-site request forgery. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2014-5346. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Disqus Comment System 2.77. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation of the argument active 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 Disqus Comment System plugin 2.77 for WordPress allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that (1) activate or (2) deactivate the plugin via the active parameter to wp-admin/edit-comments.php, (3) import comments via an import_comments action, or (4) export comments via an export_comments action to wp-admin/index.php.

The weakness was disclosed 08/19/2014 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at vexatioustendencies.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2014-5346 since 08/19/2014. 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 as well as a public exploit are known.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

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 Exploit-DB (34336). The entries VDB-70668 and VDB-70666 are pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Vendor

Disqus

Name

Comment System

Version

2.77

CPE 2.3info

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.7

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.7
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross-site request forgery
CWE: CWE-352 / CWE-862 / CWE-863
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Countermeasuresinfo

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Timelineinfo

08/19/2014 🔍
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03/26/2015 +219 days 🔍
06/09/2025 +3728 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: vexatioustendencies.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2014-5346 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-5346
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-70667
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/26/2015 12:07
Updated: 06/09/2025 13:48
Changes: 03/26/2015 12:07 (41), 03/05/2018 08:23 (6), 06/09/2025 13:48 (27)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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