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CVE-2013-2204

4.3 · MEDIUM

moxieplayer.as in Moxiecode moxieplayer, as used in the TinyMCE Media plugin in WordPress before 3.5.2 and other products, does not consider the presence of a # (pound sign) character during extrac…

Published Jul 8, 2013tinymceCWE-20EPSS 2.90%

Overview

CVE-2013-2204 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting tinymce media. It was published on July 8, 2013 and has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 4.3 (MEDIUM).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 4.3, rated MEDIUM. It can be exploited remotely over the network. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

Technical description

moxieplayer.as in Moxiecode moxieplayer, as used in the TinyMCE Media plugin in WordPress before 3.5.2 and other products, does not consider the presence of a # (pound sign) character during extraction of the QUERY_STRING, which allows remote attackers to pass arbitrary parameters to a Flash application, and conduct content-spoofing attacks, via a crafted string after a ? (question mark) character.

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from tinymce. Update media to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

Affected products

VendorProductVersionsStatus
wordpresswordpress0Affected

References

Refcodex.wordpress.org/Version_3.5.2Refwordpress.org/news/2013/06/wordpress-3-5-2/Refwww.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2718Refbugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=976784GitHubgithub.com/moxiecode/moxieplayer/commit/b61ac518ffa2657e2dc9019b2dcf2f3f37dbfab0Refcodex.wordpress.org/Version_3.5.2Refwordpress.org/news/2013/06/wordpress-3-5-2/Refwww.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2718Refbugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=976784GitHubgithub.com/moxiecode/moxieplayer/commit/b61ac518ffa2657e2dc9019b2dcf2f3f37dbfab0

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2013-2204?

CVE-2013-2204 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting tinymce media. It was published on July 8, 2013 and has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 4.3 (MEDIUM).

How severe is CVE-2013-2204?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 4.3, rated MEDIUM. It can be exploited remotely over the network. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2013-2204?

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from tinymce. Update media to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

How can CyberStrike help with CVE-2013-2204?

CyberStrike is an open-source, AI-augmented pentesting engine. Rather than flag a version number, it tests whether an issue like CVE-2013-2204 is actually reachable in your own applications and APIs, then verifies each finding before reporting it. That tells you if the weakness is a real, exploitable risk in your environment or a false positive you can safely deprioritize.

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