SB2015020401 - Stored cross-site scripting in FancyBox for WordPress

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SB2015020401 - Stored cross-site scripting in FancyBox for WordPress

Published: February 4, 2015 Updated: March 10, 2017

Security Bulletin ID SB2015020401
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

High 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Stored cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-1494)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-input. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request to vulnerable website and permanently store arbitrary HTML and JavaScript code on it. The code will be executed in browser of every website visitor.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.

Note: the vulnerability was being actively exploited.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References