CVE-2014-6312 EXPLOIT
4.3
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 4.2% (pctl 91)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Login Widget With Shortcode (login-sidebar-widget) plugin before 3.2.1 for WordPress allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via the custom_style_afo parameter on the login_widget_afo page to wp-admin/options-general.php.
Scoring
| CVSS | 4.3 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| EPSS | 4.16% — more likely to be exploited than 91% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-79 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2014-10-15 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| login widget with shortcode project | login widget with shortcode |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | WordPress Plugin Login Widget With ShortCode 3.1.1 - Multiple Vulnerabilities | 2014-09-25 |
References
- http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/111700
- http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/111757
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Sep/58
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34762
- https://security.dxw.com/advisories/csrfxss-vulnerablity-in-login-widget-with-shortcode-allows-unauthenticated-attackers-to-do-anything-an-admin-can-do
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/login-sidebar-widget/changelog
- http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/111700
- http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/111757
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Sep/58
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34762
- https://security.dxw.com/advisories/csrfxss-vulnerablity-in-login-widget-with-shortcode-allows-unauthenticated-attackers-to-do-anything-an-admin-can-do
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/login-sidebar-widget/changelog
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