6.8
MEDIUM
CVE-2014-7957
WordPress Pods CSRF Vulnerabilities
Description

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in the Pods plugin before 2.5 for WordPress allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that (1) conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via the toggled parameter in a toggle action in the pods-components page to wp-admin/admin.php, (2) delete a pod in a delete action in the pods page to wp-admin/admin.php, (3) reset pod settings and data via the pods_reset parameter in the pod-settings page to wp-admin/admin.php, (4) deactivate and reset pod data via the pods_reset_deactivate parameter in the pod-settings page to wp-admin/admin.php, (5) delete the admin role via the id parameter in a delete action in the pods-component-roles-and-capabilities page to wp-admin/admin.php, or (6) enable "roles and capabilities" in a toggle action in the pods-components page to wp-admin/admin.php.

INFO

Published Date :

Jan. 15, 2015, 3:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 9, 2018, 7:53 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

6.4

Exploitability Score :

8.6
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2014-7957 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Pods_foundation pods
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 09, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/534437/100/0/threaded [Exploit]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534437/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 16, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:pods_foundation:pods:2.4.3:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* (and previous)
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Changed Reference Type https://wordpress.org/plugins/pods/changelog/ No Types Assigned https://wordpress.org/plugins/pods/changelog/ Patch
    Changed Reference Type http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129890/WordPress-Pods-2.4.3-CSRF-Cross-Site-Scripting.html No Types Assigned http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129890/WordPress-Pods-2.4.3-CSRF-Cross-Site-Scripting.html Exploit
    Changed Reference Type http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jan/26 No Types Assigned http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jan/26 Exploit
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/534437/100/0/threaded No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/534437/100/0/threaded Exploit
    Added CWE CWE-352
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 15, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2014-7957 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2014-7957 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.33 }} 0.00%

score

0.66150

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability