CVE-2013-2204

Public Exploit

Description

moxieplayer.as in Moxiecode moxieplayer, as used in the TinyMCE Media plugin in WordPress before 3.5.2 and other products, does not consider the presence of a # (pound sign) character during extraction of the QUERY_STRING, which allows remote attackers to pass arbitrary parameters to a Flash application, and conduct content-spoofing attacks, via a crafted string after a ? (question mark) character.

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.59%
Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory wordpress.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://wordpress.org/news/2013/06/wordpress-3-5-2/ vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2718 vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=976784
http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.5.2
https://github.com/moxiecode/moxieplayer/commit/b61ac518ffa2657e2dc9019b2dcf2f3f37dbfab0 patch exploit

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2013-2204?
CVE-2013-2204 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2013-2204?
To fix CVE-2013-2204, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2013-2204 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2013-2204 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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