twitget 3.3.1 twitget.php cross-site request forgery

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in twitget 3.3.1. Affected is an unknown function of the file twitget.php. This manipulation causes cross-site request forgery. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2014-2559. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. Furthermore, an exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in twitget 3.3.1. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file twitget.php. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in twitget.php in the Twitget plugin before 3.3.3 for WordPress allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that change unspecified plugin options via a request to wp-admin/options-general.php.

The weakness was published 10/17/2014 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at security.dxw.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2014-2559 since 03/19/2014. 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 and also a public exploit are known.

A public exploit has been developed by Tom Adams and been published even before and not after the advisory. It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 186 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:twitget.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 12923 (WordPress Twitget Plugin Cross-Site Scripting and Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerabilities).

Upgrading to version 3.3.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (92391), Exploit-DB (32868), SecurityFocus (BID 66793†), Secunia (SA57892†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-44827†). Similar entry is available at VDB-72116. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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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
Author: Tom Adams
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Upgrade: twitget 3.3.1

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04/08/2014 +20 days 🔍
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Advisory: 126134
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-2559 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-2559
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-72115
X-Force: 92391
SecurityFocus: 66793 - WordPress Twitget Plugin Cross Site Scripting and Cross Site Request Forgery Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 57892
Vulnerability Center: 44827 - Twitget Plugin 3.3.1 for WordPress Remote Cross-site Request Forgery (CSRF), Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/27/2015 12:07
Updated: 12/19/2024 00:17
Changes: 03/27/2015 12:07 (56), 05/30/2017 10:55 (12), 03/30/2022 14:31 (3), 12/19/2024 00:17 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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