XCloner Plugin 3.1.1 on WordPress/Joomla! Configuration Panel Password information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in XCloner Plugin 3.1.1 on WordPress/Joomla! and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Configuration Panel. The manipulation leads to information disclosure (Password). This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2014-8604. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in XCloner Plugin 3.1.1 on WordPress/Joomla!. This issue affects an unknown part of the component Configuration Panel. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability (Password). Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

The XCloner plugin 3.1.1 for WordPress and 3.5.1 for Joomla! returns the MySQL password in cleartext to a text box in the configuration panel, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was disclosed 06/10/2015 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at vapid.dhs.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2014-8604 since 11/04/2014. The attack may be initiated remotely. A simple authentication is necessary for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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 (35212). The entries VDB-75826, VDB-75828, VDB-75829 and VDB-75830 are pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Name: Password
Class: Information disclosure / Password
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
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Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Timelineinfo

11/04/2014 🔍
06/10/2015 +218 days 🔍
06/10/2015 +0 days 🔍
06/11/2015 +1 days 🔍
06/03/2025 +3645 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: vapid.dhs.org
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2014-8604 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-8604
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-75827
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 06/11/2015 10:17
Updated: 06/03/2025 21:21
Changes: 06/11/2015 10:17 (48), 04/05/2019 12:38 (1), 06/03/2025 21:21 (27)
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Cache ID: 216:7ED:103

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