IP Ban <= 1.2.3 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Stored Cross-Site Scripting

8.8
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2014-9413
CVSS 8.8 (High)
Publicly Published December 12, 2014
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researchers Morten Nortoft
Kenneth Jepsen
Mikkel Vej

Description

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in the IP Ban (simple-ip-ban) plugin 1.2.3 for WordPress allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via the (1) ip_list, (2) user_agent_list, or (3) redirect_url parameter in the simple-ip-ban page to wp-admin/options-general.php.

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Vulnerability Details for IP Ban

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug simple-ip-ban (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 1.2.4, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 1.2.3
Patched Version
  • 1.2.4

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