SecureMoz Security Audit Plugin up to 1.0.5 on WordPress class/__functions.php tweet_info input validation

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A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in SecureMoz Security Audit Plugin up to 1.0.5 on WordPress. Affected is the function tweet_info of the file class/__functions.php. This manipulation causes input validation. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2015-6828. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in SecureMoz Security Audit Plugin up to 1.0.5 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin). Affected by this vulnerability is the function tweet_info of the file class/__functions.php. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The tweet_info function in class/__functions.php in the SecureMoz Security Audit plugin 1.0.5 and earlier for WordPress does not use an HTTPS session for downloading serialized data, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to conduct PHP object injection attacks and execute arbitrary PHP code by modifying the client-server data stream. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

The weakness was published 09/16/2015 (Website). The advisory is shared at wpvulndb.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2015-6828 since 09/06/2015. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

By approaching the search of inurl:class/__functions.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 11717 (WordPress SecureMoz Security Audit Plugin tweet_info() PHP Object Injection Vulnerability).

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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• SecureMoz Security Audit Plugin

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• 1.0.0
• 1.0.1
• 1.0.2
• 1.0.3
• 1.0.4
• 1.0.5

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