FancyBox for WordPress <= 3.0.2 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2015-1494
CVSS Medium (6.1)
Publicly Published February 4, 2015
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Sucuri Research Team
Description

The FancyBox for WordPress plugin before 3.0.3 for WordPress does not properly restrict access, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via an mfbfw[*] parameter in an update action to wp-admin/admin-post.php, as demonstrated by the mfbfw[padding] parameter and exploited in the wild in February 2015.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug fancybox-for-wordpress (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 3.0.3
Patched Version
  • 3.0.3
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