wp-football 1.1 Classification football_classification.php id_league cross site scripting

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A vulnerability has been found in wp-football 1.1 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file football_classification.php of the component Classification. This manipulation of the argument id_league causes cross site scripting. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2014-4586. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability has been found in wp-football 1.1 (WordPress Plugin) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the file football_classification.php of the component Classification. The manipulation of the argument id_league 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:

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the wp-football plugin 1.1 and earlier for WordPress allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the league parameter to (1) football_classification.php, (2) football_criteria.php, (3) templates/template_default_preview.php, or (4) templates/template_worldCup_preview.php; the (5) f parameter to football-functions.php; the id parameter in an "action" action to (6) football_groups_list.php, (7) football_matches_list.php, (8) football_matches_phase.php, or (9) football_phases_list.php; or the (10) id_league parameter in a delete action to football_matches_load.php.

The weakness was presented 10/27/2014 (Website). The advisory is shared at codevigilant.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2014-4586 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.

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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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• WordPress Plugin

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• wp-football

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• 1.1

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