CVE-2015-1494

NONE EPSS 92.8%

Published Feb 17, 201511y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago

Published Feb 17, 2015 11y ago

Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

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.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability

92.8% percentile

Exploit & Patch Status

Public Exploit Known

Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-79 Cross-site Scripting Injection

Affected Products 1

Vendor	Product	Version	Range
colorlib	fancybox	*	≤3.0.2

References 8

blog.sucuri.net http://blog.sucuri.net/2015/02/zero-day-in-the-fancybox-for-wordpress-plugin.html

Third Party Advisory
osvdb.org http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/118543

Broken Link
exploit-db.com http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36087

ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
openwall.com http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/05/10

Mailing List
securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72506

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/1082625/

Issue Tracking
wordpress.org https://wordpress.org/plugins/fancybox-for-wordpress/changelog/

Patch
wordpress.org https://wordpress.org/support/topic/possible-malware-2

Exploit

Remediation

wordpress.org https://wordpress.org/plugins/fancybox-for-wordpress/changelog/

Patch