VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2013-2205
The default configuration of SWFUpload in WordPress before 3.5.2 has an unrestrictive security.allowDomain setting, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted web site.
MEDIUM 4.3EPSS 2.96%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.96%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The default configuration of SWFUpload in WordPress before 3.5.2 has an unrestrictive security.allowDomain setting, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted web site.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 2.96% probability · 86th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-16, CWE-79
- Affected
- wordpress/wordpress
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.5.2
- http://make.wordpress.org/core/2013/06/21/secure-swfupload/
- http://wordpress.org/news/2013/06/wordpress-3-5-2/Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2718
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/60759
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=976784
- http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.5.2
- http://make.wordpress.org/core/2013/06/21/secure-swfupload/
- http://wordpress.org/news/2013/06/wordpress-3-5-2/Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2718
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/60759
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=976784
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.