THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2014-6312
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2014-6312

Login Widget With Shortcode vulnerability

CVSS
4.3
EPSS
4.2%
EPSS pct
90th
Exploited
No known
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.
Affected vendor
Login Widget With Shortcode Project
Affected product
Login Widget With Shortcode
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-79 — Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Published
2014-10-15

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to integrity.

Its EPSS score of 4.2% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 90% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2014-6312

  • Confirm whether Login Widget With Shortcode Project Login Widget With Shortcode is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2014-6312.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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