XSS in Login Widget With Shortcode Project

CVE-2014-6312

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Login Widget With Shortcode (login-sidebar-widget) plugin before 3.2.1 for WordPress allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via the custom_style_afo parameter on the login_widget_afo page to wp-admin/options-general.php.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.042 (89.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-6312?
CVE-2014-6312 is a vulnerability in Login Widget With Shortcode Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. Published 2014-10-15.
Is CVE-2014-6312 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.