WordPress Core <= 3.5.1 - Content-Spoofing Attacks

4.6
Improper Input Validation
CVE CVE-2013-2204
CVSS 4.6 (Medium)
Publicly Published June 21, 2013
Last Updated December 5, 2022
Researcher Wan Ikram

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.

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1 affected software package

Software Type Core
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 3.5.2, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 3.5.1
Patched Version
  • 3.5.2

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