Foursquare Checkins: Cross-site scripting
Foursquare Checkins is affected by cross-site scripting. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. Injected script can execute in the affected site's origin when the vulnerable output is viewed.
- Component
- Foursquare Checkins
- Plugin slug
foursquare-checkins- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Apr 26, 2013
This CVE was published Apr 26, 2013 and is one of 1 known issue for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Foursquare Checkins to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical description
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the FourSquare Checkins plugin before 1.3 for WordPress allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users for requests that insert XSS sequences.
NVD vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P