Yahoo Updates For WordPress <= 1.0 - Cross-Site Scripting

7.1
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2014-4603
CVSS 7.1 (High)
Publicly Published July 4, 2014
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Anant Shrivastava (anantshri)

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in yupdates_application.php in the Yahoo! Updates for WordPress plugin 1.0 and earlier for WordPress allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) secret, (2) key, or (3) appid parameter.

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Vulnerability Details for yahoo-updates-for-wordpress

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug yahoo-updates-for-wordpress (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
  • <= 1.0

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