CVE-2015-1494

Summary

CVECVE-2015-1494
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-02-17 15:59:00 UTC
Updated2021-09-13 10:46:00 UTC
DescriptionThe FancyBox for WordPress plugin before 3.0.3 for WordPress does not properly restrict access, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via an mfbfw[*] parameter in an update action to wp-admin/admin-post.php, as demonstrated by the mfbfw[padding] parameter and exploited in the wild in February 2015.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-79

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Colorlib Fancybox All All All All
Application Fancybox Project Fancybox All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
118543 OSVDB osvdb.org
oss-security - Re: CVE request for Zero-day in the Fancybox-for-WordPress Plugin MLIST www.openwall.com
Fancybox for WordPress 3.0.2 - Stored XSS EXPLOIT-DB www.exploit-db.com Exploit
WordPress › Support » Possible malware MISC wordpress.org
FancyBox for WordPress — WordPress Plugins CONFIRM wordpress.org Patch
Zero-day in the Fancybox-for-WordPress Plugin - Sucuri Blog MISC blog.sucuri.net
403 Forbidden CONFIRM plugins.trac.wordpress.org
WordPress FancyBox for WordPress Plugin Unspecified Security Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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