Tweetscribe: Cross-site scripting
Tweetscribe 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
- Tweetscribe
- Plugin slug
tweetscribe- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Dec 31, 2014
This CVE was published Dec 31, 2014 and is one of 1 known issue for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Tweetscribe 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 TweetScribe plugin 1.1 and earlier for WordPress allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via the tweetscribe_username parameter in a save action in the tweetscribe.php page to wp-admin/options-general.php.
NVD vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P