CVE-2014-5196 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in improved-user-search-in-backend.php in the backend in the Improved user search in backend plugin before 1.2.5 for WordPress allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that insert XSS sequences via the iusib_meta_fields parameter.

Published: 2014-08-12

Score: 4.3 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:improved_user_search_in_backend_project:improved_user_search_in_backend:*:-:-:*:-:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2014-5094	Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in improved-user-search-in-backend.php in the backend in the Improved user search in backend plugin before 1.2.5 for WordPress allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that insert XSS sequences via the iusib_meta_fields parameter.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00448.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/60590
http://wordpress.org/plugins/improved-user-search-in-backend/changelog
https://security.dxw.com/advisories/csrf-and-xss-in-improved-user-search-allow-execution-of-arbitrary-javascript-in-wordpress-admin-area/

History

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Subscriptions

Improved User Search In Backend Project Improved User Search In Backend

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2014-08-12T20:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T11:41:47.764Z

Reserved: 2014-08-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-5196

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2014-08-12T20:55:03.713

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2014-5196

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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