Flash player widget <= 1.3 - Content Spoofing

4.7
Improper Input Validation
CVSS 4.7 (Medium)
Publicly Published December 30, 2013
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Henri Salo (fgeek)

Description

The Flash player widget plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Content Spoofing in versions up to, and including, 1.3. This is due to insufficient sanitization of user input on the 'mp3' parameter. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to to inject arbitrary content in pages if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

References

Share

Vulnerability Details for flash-player-widget

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug flash-player-widget (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? No
Remediation No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement.
Affected Version
  • All Versions

Did you know Wordfence Intelligence provides free personal and commercial API access to our comprehensive WordPress vulnerability database, along with a free webhook integration to stay on top of the latest vulnerabilities added and updated in the database? Get started today!

Learn more

Want to get notified of the latest vulnerabilities that may affect your WordPress site?
Install Wordfence on your site today to get notified immediately if your site is affected by a vulnerability that has been added to our database.

Get Wordfence

The Wordfence Intelligence WordPress vulnerability database is completely free to access and query via API. Please review the documentation on how to access and consume the vulnerability data via API.

Documentation