Vulnerability Details : CVE-2014-9398
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Twitter LiveBlog plugin 1.1.2 and earlier for WordPress allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via the mashtlb_twitter_username parameter in the twitter-liveblog.php page to wp-admin/options-general.php.
Vulnerability category: Cross site scripting (XSS)Cross-site request forgery (CSRF)
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-9398
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days: 2.58%
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less: ~ 90 % EPSS Score History EPSS FAQ
CVSS scores for CVE-2014-9398
| Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source |
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6.8
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MEDIUM | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
8.6
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6.4
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NIST |
CWE ids for CVE-2014-9398
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The web application does not, or can not, sufficiently verify whether a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the request.Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
References for CVE-2014-9398
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http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129644/WordPress-Twitter-LiveBlog-1.1.2-CSRF-XSS.html
WordPress Twitter LiveBlog 1.1.2 CSRF / XSS ≈ Packet StormExploit
Products affected by CVE-2014-9398
- cpe:2.3:a:twitter_liveblog_project:twitter_liveblog:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*