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.

CVSS v2.0 4.3 MEDIUM

4.3^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
http://blog.sucuri.net/2015/02/zero-day-in-the-fancybox-for-wordpress-plugin.html	Third Party Advisory
http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/118543	Broken Link
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36087	Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/05/10	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72506	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/1082625/	Issue Tracking
https://wordpress.org/plugins/fancybox-for-wordpress/changelog/	Patch
https://wordpress.org/support/topic/possible-malware-2	Exploit
http://blog.sucuri.net/2015/02/zero-day-in-the-fancybox-for-wordpress-plugin.html	Third Party Advisory
http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/118543	Broken Link
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36087	Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/05/10	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72506	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/1082625/	Issue Tracking
https://wordpress.org/plugins/fancybox-for-wordpress/changelog/	Patch
https://wordpress.org/support/topic/possible-malware-2	Exploit

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:colorlib:fancybox:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2015-02-17 15:59

Updated : 2025-04-12 10:46

NVD link : CVE-2015-1494

Mitre link : CVE-2015-1494

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2015-1494

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Products Affected

colorlib

fancybox

CWE

CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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