CVE-2014-5347
Description
Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in the Disqus Comment System plugin before 2.76 for WordPress allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via the (1) disqus_replace, (2) disqus_public_key, or (3) disqus_secret_key parameter to wp-admin/edit-comments.php in manage.php or that (4) reset or (5) delete plugin options via the reset parameter to wp-admin/edit-comments.php.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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Exploits
Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.
Exploit-DB
WordPress Plugin Disqus 2.7.5 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (Admin Persistent) / Cross-Site Scripting
Application impact
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/127847/WordPress-Disqus-2.7.5-CSRF-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/127852/Disqus-2.7.5-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Aug/35
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34336
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69205
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95288
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95289
- https://gist.github.com/nikcub/cb5dc7a5464276c8424a
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/disqus-comment-system/other_notes
- https://www.nikcub.com/posts/multiple-vulnerabilities-in-disqus-wordpress-plugin
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/127847/WordPress-Disqus-2.7.5-CSRF-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/127852/Disqus-2.7.5-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Aug/35
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34336
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69205
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95288
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95289
- https://gist.github.com/nikcub/cb5dc7a5464276c8424a
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/disqus-comment-system/other_notes
- https://www.nikcub.com/posts/multiple-vulnerabilities-in-disqus-wordpress-plugin
CWEs
CWE-352
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.