HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2014-9097

Contus Video Gallery vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
5.0%
EPSS pct
91th
Exploited
No known
Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in the Apptha WordPress Video Gallery (contus-video-gallery) plugin 2.5, possibly as distributed before 2014-07-23, for WordPress allow (1) remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the vid parameter in a myextract action to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php or (2) remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the playlistId parameter in the newplaylist page or (3) videoId parameter in a newvideo page to wp-admin/admin.php.
Affected vendor
Apptha
Affected product
Contus Video Gallery
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2014-11-26

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 5.0% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 91% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2014-9097

  • Confirm whether Apptha Contus Video Gallery is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2014-9097.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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