CVE-2014-5196

Improved User Search in Backend <= 1.2.5 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Cross-Site Scripting

mediumImproper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

6.1

CVSS Score

6.1

CVSS Score

medium

Severity

1.2.6

Patched in

3450d

Time to patch

Description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in improved-user-search-in-backend.php in the backend in the Improved user search in backend plugin before 1.2.5 for WordPress allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that insert XSS sequences via the iusib_meta_fields parameter.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Low

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions<=1.2.5

PublishedAugust 13, 2014

Last updatedJanuary 22, 2024

Affected pluginimproved-user-search-in-backend

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2e8abe63-c11b-48e7-8867-3bc1ab940b1f?source=api-prod

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