Twitter LiveBlog up to 1.1.2 twitter-liveblog.php mashtlb_twitter_username cross-site request forgery

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Twitter LiveBlog up to 1.1.2 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file twitter-liveblog.php. This manipulation of the argument mashtlb_twitter_username causes cross-site request forgery. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2014-9398. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Twitter LiveBlog up to 1.1.2 (Social Network Software). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the file twitter-liveblog.php. The manipulation of the argument mashtlb_twitter_username 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:

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Twitter LiveBlog plugin 1.1.2 and earlier for WordPress allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via the mashtlb_twitter_username parameter in the twitter-liveblog.php page to wp-admin/options-general.php.

The weakness was disclosed 12/31/2014 as File 129644/Wor (Packetstorm). It is possible to read the advisory at packetstormsecurity.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2014-9398 since 12/17/2014. 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.

By approaching the search of inurl:twitter-liveblog.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: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.3

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.3
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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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Status: Not defined
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Timelineinfo

12/17/2014 🔍
12/31/2014 +14 days 🔍
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03/27/2015 +86 days 🔍
04/06/2018 +1106 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: File 129644/Wor
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2014-9398 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-9398
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-73447

Entryinfo

Created: 03/27/2015 14:56
Updated: 04/06/2018 11:46
Changes: 03/27/2015 14:56 (42), 04/06/2018 11:46 (6)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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