CSRF in Disqus Comment System
CVE-2014-5347
Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in the Disqus Comment System plugin before 2.76 for WordPress allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via the (1) disqus_replace, (2) disqus_public_key, or (3) disqus_secret_key parameter to wp-admin/edit-comments.php in manage.php or that (4) reset or (5) delete plugin options via the reset parameter to wp-admin/edit-comments.php.
Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.049 (91.8th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 92nd percentile — 91.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.049 · newest: 0.049 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Disqus Comment System — versions 2.40, 2.41, 2.42
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- wordpress.org/plugins/disqus-comment-system/other_notes (Patch)
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/127847/WordPress-Disqus-2.7.5-CSRF-Cross-Site-Scr…
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Aug/35 (mailing-list)
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/127852/Disqus-2.7.5-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery-Cr… (Exploit)
- www.nikcub.com/posts/multiple-vulnerabilities-in-disqus-wordpress-plugin (Exploit)
- gist.github.com/nikcub/cb5dc7a5464276c8424a
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95288 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/69205 (vdb-entry)
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34336 (Exploit, exploit)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95289 (vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2014-5347?
- CVE-2014-5347 is a vulnerability in Disqus Comment System, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). Published 2014-08-19.
- Is CVE-2014-5347 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.