CVE-2014-6243

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 None
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the EWWW Image Optimizer plugin before 2.0.2 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the error parameter in the ewww-image-optimizer.php page to wp-admin/options-general.php, which is not properly handled in a pngout error message.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2014-6243
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2014-10-10T14:55:08
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-10-09T19:50:23
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-79 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:ewww_image_optimizer_plugin_project:ewww_image_optimizer_plugin:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* 1 OR 2.01
cpe:2.3:a:ewww_image_optimizer_plugin_project:ewww_image_optimizer_plugin:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://wordpress.org/plugins/ewww-image-optimizer/changelog Patch
https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23234 Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70190
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128621/WordPress-EWWW-Image-Optimizer-2.0.1-Cross-Site-Scripting.html Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/533641/100/0/threaded
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-6243
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-6243
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 18:34:51 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 01:22:29 2014-10-10T14:55Z 2014-10-10T14:55:08 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 01:22:29 2018-10-09T19:50:23 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 01:22:29 Modified Vulnerability Status updated