Mingle Forum: Cross-site scripting
Mingle Forum 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
- Mingle Forum
- Plugin slug
mingle-forum- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Oct 09, 2013
This CVE was published Oct 09, 2013 and is one of 5 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Mingle Forum 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
Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in the Mingle Forum plugin 1.0.34 and possibly earlier for WordPress allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that (1) modify user privileges or (2) conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via unspecified vectors.
NVD vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P