CVE-2015-1494
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.
| Software | From | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| colorlib / fancybox | - | 3.0.2.x |
- http://blog.sucuri.net/2015/02/zero-day-in-the-fancybox-for-wordpress-plugin.html
- http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/118543
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36087
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/05/10
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72506
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/1082625/
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/fancybox-for-wordpress/changelog/
- https://wordpress.org/support/topic/possible-malware-2
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