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CVE-2015-1582

4.3 · MEDIUM

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Spider Facebook plugin before 1.0.11 for WordPress allow (1) remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the appid paramet…

Published Feb 11, 2015web-doradoCWE-79EPSS 1.65%

Overview

CVE-2015-1582 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting web-dorado spider_facebook. It was published on February 11, 2015 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

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Spider Facebook plugin before 1.0.11 for WordPress allow (1) remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the appid parameter in a registration task to the default URI or remote administrators to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (2) asc_or_desc, (3) order_by, (4) page_number, (5) serch_or_not, or (6) search_events_by_title parameter in (a) the Spider_Facebook_manage page to wp-admin/admin.php or a (b) selectpagesforfacebook or (c) selectpostsforfacebook action to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php.

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from web-dorado. Update spider_facebook 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
web-doradospider_facebook0Affected

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-1582?

CVE-2015-1582 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting web-dorado spider_facebook. It was published on February 11, 2015 and has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 4.3 (MEDIUM).

How severe is CVE-2015-1582?

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-2015-1582?

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from web-dorado. Update spider_facebook 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.

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