TweetScribe up to 1.1 tweetscribe.php tweetscribe_username cross-site request forgery

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in TweetScribe up to 1.1 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file tweetscribe.php. Such manipulation of the argument tweetscribe_username leads to cross-site request forgery. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2014-9399. The attack may be performed from remote. In addition, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in TweetScribe up to 1.1. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the file tweetscribe.php. The manipulation of the argument tweetscribe_username 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. CVE summarizes:

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the TweetScribe plugin 1.1 and earlier for WordPress allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via the tweetscribe_username parameter in a save action in the tweetscribe.php page to wp-admin/options-general.php.

The weakness was presented 12/31/2014 as File 129645/Wor (Packetstorm). The advisory is shared for download at packetstormsecurity.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2014-9399 since 12/17/2014. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known.

The exploit is available at packetstormsecurity.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:tweetscribe.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: 6.0

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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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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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

12/17/2014 🔍
12/31/2014 +14 days 🔍
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03/27/2015 +86 days 🔍
06/30/2024 +3383 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: File 129645/Wor
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2014-9399 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-9399
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-73448
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 03/27/2015 14:56
Updated: 06/30/2024 08:41
Changes: 03/27/2015 14:56 (41), 04/09/2018 09:37 (6), 06/30/2024 08:41 (24)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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