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
- Login_widget_with_shortcode_project Login_widget_with_shortcode — versions 1.0.1, 2.0.1, 2.0.2
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, Exploit, x_refsource_FULLDISC)
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_OSVDB, vdb-entry)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_OSVDB, vdb-entry)
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.